Post-harvest loss estimation in mango at different stages of marketing – A methodological perspective*

¹Section of Economics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake post, Bangalore, 560089.

²CRIDA, Santhosh Nagar, Hyderabad.

*The authors are grateful to ICAR for providing financial assistance for conducting this study under the ICAR Network Project on ‘Marketing and Assessment of Post-harvest Losses in Fruits and Vegetables in India’ and to the Director, IIHR, Bangalore for providing the necessary facilities to carry out this research work. The assistance of Sri V. Dakshinamoorthy. Technical Officer and Sri Govinda Raju in data collection and tabulation are gratefully acknowledged. We have benefited from the comments of the anonymous referee.