From: The Secretariat
July 1996
Mid-Term Meeting 1996
May 20-24, 1996
Jakarta, Indonesia
Strategic Study of Postharvest Technology1
1Extract from "Summary of Proceedings and Decisions - Report on Parallel Session I", Mid-Term Meeting 1996, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Members applauded the interactive, participatory approach taken by the study panel, and endorsed TAC's recommendation that the CGIAR should take a more comprehensive research approach to include postharvest technology development. As well, the benefit of postharvest research to widening the efficiency of research and the adoption of technologies, particularly by small-scale producers and women, was affirmed.
It was also felt that a better integration of postharvest technology in priority setting on commodities was warranted; that more attention was needed on marketing economics, as an important dimension of postharvest technology development and utilization; and that networking, including with the private sector, would be a very important component to complement rather than duplicate efforts of others already working in this field. It was noted that there were opportunities for collaboration in the forestry sector as well.
IDRC expressed its willingness to provide support for a small working group to explore two areas where there is potential for increased collaboration and to develop broad principles with wide applicability: methodologies for production-to-consumption research; and small-scale agroenterprise development.
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