Losses of plums to theft in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2003

• Country: Pakistan
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Agriculture
• Authors: Abdul Hai, M., Stonehouse, J., Poswal, A., Mumford, J., Mahmoud, R.

Abstract

Farmers often suffer pre-harvest losses of produce to human theft. Plum fruit in northwestern Pakistan were stolen by local children and by adults, largely Afghan refugees. Fruit were stolen while unripe for use in pickles and a locally popular sour-plum pudding. An informal interview survey of child thieves found their activities to be purposeful and planned and that theft from trees while maintaining a look-out for the farmer obtained a clustered distribution of losses.

Citation

Crop Protection (2003) 22 (6) 891-892 [doi:10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00031-0]

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Losses of plums to theft in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

Published 1 January 2003