New research in Kenya has identified storage at markets as a primary cause of food losses, emphasizing the need for better market coordination and commercially viable solutions to reduce waste and improve access to nutritious food.

• Food losses were found to occur more frequently during storage at markets than during transportation, particularly affecting larger vendors with higher volumes of unsold produce.
• The NutriSave programme, funded by the Gates Foundation and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), conducted the research in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Sebastian Oggema, Acting Country Director at TechnoServe, highlighted the crucial role of informal food vendors in addressing food loss and improving access to nutritious food for low-income consumers.