The African thresher, known as ASI, can process 6 tonnes of rice per day. This same output would require 36 manual labourers using traditional methods, usually women. In addition, ASI cleanly separates 99% of the grains, resulting in a better quality product. Within 90 days of use, the economic benefits more than double the USD 5,000 cost of purchasing the technology. The ASI saves as much as one third of the rice harvest from being lost. In effect, this boosts the yield of usable rice by 50%. At the same time, net greenhouse gases are reduced when post-harvest losses are reduced. Reduced losses, like reduced consumption, ease the demands on the production system. This cuts net greenhouse gases by requiring less energy and fertilizer per kilogram of rice delivered to the consumer. Projects that target post-harvest losses like this are key to securing the food supply under a changing climate. ASI machines now thresh over half of Senegal’s rice and are spreading across West and Central Africa, with each country testing and adapting the thresher to suit the local context (Africa Rice Center 2005; 1 Mohapatra 2012 2).