According to Michael Lipton, development economist at UK’s Sussex University, food storage losses for small holder farmers at the farm level in developing countries are ‘extremely low’. This conclusion has been based on studies conducted in India, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa. This goes against the general belief that food losses are made at the farm level by poor smallholder farmers. According to Lipton, the major losses happen at big accumulators like the Food Corporation of India and in railway transport to end users. Read more here.