Table 5.
Measures to reduce tomato waste mentioned as important by different tomato market outlets.
| Market outlet type | Sorting |
Washing |
Limiting transport distance |
Better storage |
Better packaging |
Better management at production (e.g., pesticide application) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Retailer in market (n = 36) | 33 | 91.7 | 8 | 22.2 | 8 | 22.2 | 16 | 44.4 | 21 | 58.3 | 3 | 8.3 |
| Stall in vicinity of market (n = 59) | 59 | 100 | 23 | 38.9 | 21 | 35.6 | 36 | 61 | 42 | 71.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Street vendors (n = 38) | 37 | 97.4 | 8 | 21.1 | 10 | 26.3 | 13 | 34.2 | 13 | 34.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Formal shop (n = 18) | 16 | 88.9 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 22.2 | 11 | 61.1 | 4 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 145 | 96% | 45 | 29.8 | 43 | 28.3 | 76 | 50.3 | 80 | 52.9 | 3 | 8.3 |
| p-value | 0.078 | 0.182 | 0.459 | 0.046 | 0.000 | 0.004 | ||||||