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Abstract

We examined the postharvest rice value chain among farmers in the Arequipa region of Peru, focusing on the stages of value creation after harvest. Our study is complemented by an economic analysis that provides insights into farmers’ decisions on whether or not to store rice after harvest. We found that farmers produced, on average, 65 tons of paddy rice on a 5 ha farm. Most farmers (over 85%) milled their paddy rice immediately after harvest, usually by paying a fee to a private mill. Milled rice was then sold to intermediaries (wholesalers and retailers). Approximately 13% and less than 1% of farmers stored their paddy rice before and after milling, respectively. Storage provided minimal financial benefits once grain preservation costs and price arbitrage were considered. Our findings offer guidance for policymakers and investment partners to enhance the efficiency of the postharvest rice value chain and to improve outcomes for farmers in Peru and other developing countries.

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Title
Postharvest Rice Value Chain in Arequipa, Peru: Insights into Farmers’ Storage Decisions
Author
Zurita, Carlos A 1 ; Neuhofer, Zachary 2 ; Díaz-Valderrama, Jorge R 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Macedo-Valdivia, Dennis 4 ; Woloshuk, Charles 5 ; Baributsa, Dieudonne 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA; [email protected] 
 Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; [email protected] 
 Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas, Chachapoyas 01001, Peru; [email protected]; Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva, Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas, Chachapoyas 01001, Peru 
 Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa 04000, Peru; [email protected] 
 Department of Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; [email protected] 
 Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA 
First page
1886
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20770472
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3132819237
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.