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Satheesh, Neela, Parmar, Aditya ORCID: 0000-0002-2662-1900 , Fanta, Solomon Workneh and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2023) Postharvest handling practices and mycotoxin occurrence along the dried berbere chilli pepper value chain: a case study from Northern Ethiopia. Journal of Stored Products Research, 103:102157. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2023.102157)

Ngwenyama, Patrick, Siziba, Shepherd, Nyanga, Loveness, K., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mubayiwa, Macdonald, Mlambo, Shaw, Nyabako, Tinashe, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 and Mvumi, Brighton, M. (2023) Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses. Food Security. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-023-01349-5)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Lamboll, Richard (2023) Exploring the complex relationships between food loss and waste, climate change and the environment to support informed sustainable food system transformation decisions with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Enterprise Development and Microfinance, 33 (4). pp. 1-34. ISSN 1755-1978 (Print), 1755-1986 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.22.00071)

Ngwenyama, Patrick, Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Nyanga, Loveness K. and Siziba, Shephard (2022) How different hermetic bag brands and maize varieties affect grain damage and loss during smallholder farmer storage. Crop Protection, 153:105861. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0261-2194 (Print), 0261-2194 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105861)

Macdonald, Mubayiwa, Mvumi, Brighton M, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mlambo, Shaw and Nyabako, Tinashe (2021) Field evaluation of hermetic and synthetic pesticide-based technologies in smallholder sorghum grain storage in hot and arid climates. Scientific Reports, 11:3692. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83086-3)

Nyabako, Tinashe, Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Machekano, Honest M. and Siziba, S. (2020) Smallholder grain postharvest management in a variable climate: Practices and perceptions of smallholder farmers and their service-providers in semi-arid areas. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23 (6). pp. 9196-9222. ISSN 1387-585X (Print), 1573-2975 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01019-y)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Holcroft, Deirdre, Kitinoja, Lisa, Mvumi, Brighton, English, Alicia, Omotilewa, Oluwatoba, Kocher, Megan, Ault, Jessica and Torero, Maximo (2020) A scoping review of interventions for crop postharvest loss reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Nature Sustainability, 3 (10). pp. 821-835. ISSN 2398-9629 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00622-1)

Ngwenyama, Patrick, Mvumi, Brighton, M., Nyanga, Loveness, K., Stathers, Tanya, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Siziba, Shephard (2020) Comparative performance of five hermetic bag brands during on-farm smallholder cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.Walp) storage. Journal of Stored Products Research, 88:101658. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2020.101658)

Nyabako, Tinashe, Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mlambo, Shaw and Mubayiwa, Macdonald (2020) Predicting Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) populations and associated grain damage in smallholder farmers’ maize stores: a machine learning approach. Journal of Stored Products Research, 87:101592. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2020.101592)

Stathers, Tanya E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Arnold, Sarah E. J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Rumney, Corinne J. and Hopson, Clare (2020) Measuring the nutritional cost of insect infestation of stored maize and cowpea. Food Security, 12 (2). pp. 285-308. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00997-w)

Singano, Charles D., Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Machekano, Honest and Nyamukondiwa, Casper (2019) What does global warming mean for stored-grain protection? Options for Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) control at increased temperatures. Journal of Stored Products Research, 85:101532. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2019.101532)

Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 , Mayanja, Sarah, Simba, Eria, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Bennett, Ben (2019) Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: An ordered probit analysis. Food Security, 11 (5). pp. 1101-1120. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00949-4)

Singano, Charles D., Mvumi, Brighton M. and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2019) Effectiveness of grain storage facilities and protectants in controlling stored-maize insect pests in a climate-risk prone area of Shire Valley, southern Malawi. Journal of Stored Products Research, 83. pp. 130-147. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2019.06.007)

Mubayiwa, Macdonald, Mvumi, Brighton, M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mlambo, Shaw and Nyabako, Tinashe (2018) Blanket application rates for synthetic grain protectants across agro-climatic zones: Do they work? Evidence from field efficacy trials using sorghum grain. Crop Protection, 109. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2018.01.016)

Mlambo, Shaw, Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mubayiwa, Macdonald and Nyabako, Tinashe (2018) Field efficacy and persistence of synthetic pesticidal dusts on stored maize grain under contrasting agro-climatic conditions. Journal of Stored Products Research, 76. pp. 129-139. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2018.01.009)

Mlambo, Shaw, Mvumi, Brighton M, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mubayiwa, Macdonald and Nyabako, Tinashe (2017) Field efficacy of hermetic and other maize grain storage options under smallholder farmer management. Crop Protection, 98. pp. 198-210. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2017.04.001)

Tomlins, Keith, Bennett, Ben, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Linton, John, Onumah, Gideon, Coote, Hilary, Kleih, Ulrich, Priebe, Jan and Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 (2016) Reducing postharvest losses in the OIC member countries. COMCEC Agricultural Working Group. pp. 1-194.

Joshua, Miriam K., Ngongondo, Cosmo, Monjerezi, Maurice, Chipungu, Fellistus, Liwenga, Emma, Majule, Amos, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Lamboll, Richard (2016) Climate change in semi-arid Malawi: perceptions, adaptation strategies and water governance: original research. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 8 (3). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1996-1421 (Print), 2072-845X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v8i3.255)

Hodges, Rick J. and Stathers, Tanya E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2013) Facing the food crisis: How African smallholders can reduce postharvest cereal losses by supplying better quality grain. Outlooks on Pest Management, 24 (5). pp. 217-221. ISSN 1743-1026 (Print), 1743-1034 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1564/v24_oct_08)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Lamboll, Richard and Mvumi, Brighton M. (2013) Postharvest agriculture in changing climates: Its importance to African smallholder farmers. Food Security, 5 (3). pp. 361-392. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-013-0262-z)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Lamboll, Richard and Mvumi, Brighton (2013) Post-harvest agriculture in a changing climate. Rural 21: The International Journal for Rural Development, 47 (4). pp. 12-14. ISSN 1866-8011

Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2009) Resilience, power, culture, and climate: A case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions. Gender & Development, 17 (1). pp. 81-94. ISSN 1355-2074 (Print), 1364-9221 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070802696946)

Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Riwa, W., Mvumi, B.M., Mosha, R., Kitandu, L., Mngara, K., Kaoneka, B. and Morris, M. (2008) Do diatomaceous earths have potential as grain protectants for small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of Tanzania. Crop Protection, 27 (1). pp. 44-70. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2007.04.020)

Mvumi, Brighton M., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Golob, P. and Giga, D.P. (2006) Penetration of Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) through diatomaceous earth-treated bulk maize grain. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 26 (1). pp. 28-34. ISSN 1742-7584 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1079/IJT200694)

Gibson, R.W., Lyimo, N.G., Temu, A.E.M., Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Page, W.W., Nsemwa, L.T.H., Acola, G. and Lamboll, R.I. (2005) Maize seed selection by East African smallholder farmers and resistance to Maize streak virus. Annals of Applied Biology, 147 (2). pp. 153-159. ISSN 0003-4746 (Print), 1744-7348 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00021.x)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Denniff, M. and Golob, P. (2004) The efficacy and persistence of diatomaceous earths admixed with commodity against four tropical stored product beetle pests. Journal of Stored Products Research, 40 (1). pp. 113-123. ISSN 0022-474X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-474X(02)00083-8)

Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Rees, D., Kabi, S., Mbilinyi, L., Smit, N., Kiozya, H., Jeremiah, S., Nyango, A. and Jeffries, D. (2003) Sweetpotato infestation by Cylas spp. in East Africa: I. Cultivar differences in field infestation and the role of plant factors. International Journal of Pest Management, 49 (2). pp. 131-140. ISSN 0967-0874 (Print), 1366-5863 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0967087021000043085)

Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Rees, D., Nyango, A., Kiozya, H., Mbilinyi, L., Jeremiah, S., Kabi, S. and Smit, N. (2003) Sweetpotato infestation by Cylas spp. in East Africa: II. Investigating the role of root characteristics. International Journal of Pest Management, 49 (2). pp. 141-146. ISSN 0967-0874 (Print), 1366-5863 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0967087021000043094)

Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mvumi, B.M. and Golob, P. (2002) Field assessment of the efficacy and persistence of diatomaceous earths in protecting stored grain on small-scale farms in Zimbabwe. Crop Protection, 21 (10). pp. 1033-1048. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00088-1)

Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Chigariro, J., Mudiwa, M., Mvumi, B.M. and Golob, P. (2002) Small-scale farmer perceptions of diatomaceous earth products as potential stored grain protectants in Zimbabwe. Crop Protection, 21 (10). pp. 1049-1060. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00089-3)

Rochat, Didier, Morin, Jean-Paul, Kakul, Titus, Beaudoin-Ollivier, Laurence, Prior, Robert, Renou, Michel, Malosse, Isabelle, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Empuba, Sebastian and Laup, Samson (2002) Activity of male pheromone of Melanesian Rhinoceros Beetle Scapanes australis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28 (3). pp. 479-500. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014531810037)

Prior, R., Morin, J.-P., Rochat, D., Beaudoin-Ollivier, L., Stathers, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Kakul, T., Embupa, S. and Nanguai, R. (2000) New aspects of the biology of the Melanesian rhinoceros beetle Scapanes australis (Col., Dynastidae) and evidence for field attraction to males. Journal of Applied Entomology, 124 (1). pp. 41-50. ISSN 9820-1937 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0418.2000.00435.x)

Martin, P.J., Topper, C.P., Bashiru, R.A., Boma, F., De Waal, D., Harries, H.C., Kasuga, L.J., Katinila, N., Kikoka, L.P., Lamboll, R., Maddison, A.C., Majule, A.E., Masawe, P.A., Millanzi, K.J., Nathaniels, N.Q., Shomari, S.H., Sijaona, M.E. and Stathers, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (1997) Cashew Nut Production in Tanzania: Constraints and Progress through Integrated Crop Management. Crop Protection, 16 (1). pp. 5-14. ISSN 0261-2194 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00067-1)

Stathers, T. E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Moore, D. and Prior, C. (1993) The effect of different temperatures on the viability of Metarhizium flavoviride Conidia stored in vegetable and mineral oils. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 62. pp. 111-115. ISSN 0022-2011 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1993.1085)

Book Section

Joshua, Miriam D.K., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Chirwa, Ruth K., Ngongondo, Cosmo, Lamboll, Richard, Monjerezi, M., Mwathunga, E., Kasei, R., Chipungu, F. and Liwenga, E. (2021) A comparative study of the impacts of flooding on food security of urban and rural households in Blantyre City and Chikwawa, Malawi. In: Godwell, Nhamo and Chikodzi, David, (eds.) Cyclones in Southern Africa: Volume 3: Implications for the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals Series book series (SDGS), 3 . Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 35-58. ISBN 978-3030743024 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74303-1)

Mvumi, Brighton M. and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2020) Supporting smallholder farmers in developing countries to improve postharvest management of staple grains: the role of loss reduction technologies. In: Maier, Dirk E., (ed.) Advances in Postharvest Management of Cereals and Grains. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science (88). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 978-1786767691 (doi:https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2020.0072.16)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Mvumi, Brighton M. (2020) Challenges and initiatives in reducing postharvest food losses and food waste: sub-Saharan Africa. In: Yahia, Elhadi M., (ed.) Preventing food losses and waste to achieve food security and sustainability. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, pp. 729-786. ISBN 978-1786763006 (doi:https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0053.31)

Joshua, Miriam Dalitso Kalanda, Ngongondo, Cosmo, Chipungu, Felistus, Malidadi, Charles, Liwenga, Emma, Majule, Amos, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Kosgei, Job Rotich and Lamboll, Richard (2020) Strengthening horticultural innovation systems for adaptation to effects of urbanisation and climate variability in peri-urban areas. In: Matondo, Jonathan I., Alemaw, Berhanu F. and Sandwidi, Wennegouda Jean Pierre, (eds.) Climate Variability and Change in Africa: Perspectives, Experiences and Sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals Series . Springer, pp. 137-156. ISBN 978-3030315429 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31543-6_11)

Lamboll, Richard, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 (2017) Climate change and agricultural systems. In: Snapp, Sieglinde and Pound, Barry, (eds.) Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development. Academic Press, London, pp. 441-490. ISBN 978-0128020708 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802070-8.00013-X)

Mvumi, Brighton M., Morris, Mike, Stathers, Tanya E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Riwa, William (2008) Doing things differently: Post-harvest innovation learning alliances in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. In: Sanginga, Pascal, Waters-Bayer, Ann, Kaaria, Susan, Njuki, Jemimah and Wettasinha, Chesha, (eds.) Innovation Africa: Enriching Farmers' Livelihoods. Routledge, London, pp. 186-202. ISBN 978-1844076710 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849771733)

Book

Hodges, Richard and Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2012) Training manual for improving grain postharvest handling and storage prepared. UN World Food Programme / Natural Resources Institute, Rome - Italy.

Conference Proceedings

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Ognakossan, Kukom Edoh, Priebe, Jan, Mvumi, Brighton M. and Tran, Bruno M.D. (2018) Counting losses to cut losses: quantifying legume postharvest losses to help achieve food and nutrition security. In: 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018. Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany, pp. 8-18. ISBN 978-3955470654 ISSN 1868-9892 (Print), 2199-921X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5073/jka.2018.463.004)

Mvumi, B.M. and Stathers, T.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2015) Food security challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The potential contribution of postharvest skills, science and technology in closing the gap. In: 11th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection. Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 32-43. (doi:https://doi.org/10.14455/DOA.res.2014.7)

Conference or Conference Paper

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Ognakossan, Kukom Edoh, Priebe, Jan and Sonntag, Frank (2021) Examining Legume postharvest loss data to expand the crop coverage of the African postharvest losses information system. In: 3rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition, 13-16 September, 2021, Virtual and AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Unpublished)

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Holcroft, Deirdre, Kitinoja, Lisa, Mvumi, Brighton, English, Alicia, Omotilewa, Oluwatoba, Kocher, Megan, Ault, Jessica and Torero, Maximo (2021) Interventions for reducing crop postharvest losses in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic evidence synthesis and gap map. In: 3rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition, 13-16 September, 2021, Virtual and AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Mayanja, Sarah, Mvumi, Brighton, Nyanga, Loveness, Ngwenyama, Patrick, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 , Ferruzzi, Mario, Debelo, Hawi, De Bruyn, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-5222-6464 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Rumney, Corinne and Tomlins, Keith (2019) The NUTRI-P-LOSS (NUTRItional Postharvest Loss) methodology: a guide for researchers and practitioners. Manual. Natural Resources Institute.

Stathers, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Low, J., Amagloh, F., Carey, E., Kyalo, G., Agili, S., Nyotumba, B. and Were, M. (2019) HANDLE WITH CARE: maintaining the quality and value of your sweetpotato roots during and after harvest through better practice. Manual. International Potato Centre (CIP), Nairobi, Kenya.

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Ackatia-Armah, Robert, Benjamin, Margaret, Katcher, Heather, Blakenship, Jessica, Low, Jan, Mudege, N, Maru, J and Munyua, H (2018) Topic 4: Nutrition and orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). Other. International Potato Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Low, J., Mwanga, R., Carey, T., David, S. and Gibson, Richard (2013) Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching Agents of Change training of trainers (TOT) manual. Manual. International Potato Center (CIP).

Liwenga, Emma, Swai, Elirehema, Nsemwa, Lebai, Katunzi, Alphonce, Gwambene, Brown, Joshua, Miriam, Chipungu, Felistus, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 and Lamboll, Richard (2012) Exploring urban rural interdependence and the impact of climate change in Tanzania and Malawi: final narrative report. Project Report. International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada.

Zorya, Sergiy, Morgan, Nancy, Diaz Rios, Luz, Hodges, Rick, Bennett, Ben, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mwebaze, Paul and Lamb, John (2011) Missing food: the case of postharvest grain losses in sub-Saharan Africa. Technical Report. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.

Thesis

Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 (2008) Smallholder food security in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for diatomaceous earth grain protectants. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.