Economists from the International Food Policy Research Institute estimate that the overall cost of approximately halving post-harvest losses in the developing world would be $239 billion over the next 15 years – and would generate benefits worth more than $3 trillion, or $13 of social benefits for every dollar spent.
国际粮食政策研究所的经济学家预测在发展中国家实现后收获期损失减半的总成本今后15年将达2，390亿美元——但能带来超过3万亿美元（也就是1美元成本比13美元社会效益）的收入。