News
Democratic Republic of the Congo: experts meet to discuss the development of post-harvest loss management policy and strategy
19/04/2017
Food losses are a major issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), due to the deficiencies in post-harvest infrastructure, technologies and capacit...
First Africa-wide Postharvest food loss reduction Congress and Exhibition
04/05/2017
28/03/2017 - 31/03/2017 (Nairobi, Kenya)
The World Food Preservation Center® LLC in conjunction with its sister University (University of Nairobi) and a consortium of Universities and a Research & Development Institution in Africa organized the First all Africa Postharvest Los...
Food security on the table as pioneering project estimates nutritional losses
03/07/2017
The Community of Practice on food loss reduction is drawing the attention to nutritional composition of losses and what research organizations are doing on this topic.
To date, much of the research on...
New Online Consultation on the linkages between Food Loss and Waste (FLW) and Nutrition
18/09/2017
This consultation on linkages between FLW and Nutrition is aimed at understanding links between FLW and nutrition. A study has investigated losses of vitamins A and C associated with frui...
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Events
03/10
2016
Side event on Post-Harvest Management at 7th GFRAS annual meeting
Hybrid Event, 03/10/2016
The Role of Rural Advisory Services for Inclusive Agripreneurship is the theme of 7th GFRAS annual meeting to be held in Cameroon (3-6 October). A side event on Post-Harvest Management is going to be included in the side events programme. The side event i
27/9
2016
Advances in Hermetic Storage for Smallholder Farms at the XXV International Congress of Entomology
Hybrid Event, 27/09/2016
The symposium will highlights research that deals with postharvest issues in the developing countries with a focus on smallholder farms. Storage losses to insect pests is a major challenge among smallholder farmers. Hermetic storage technologies including
22/8
2016
23/8
2016
Workshop: Support to African Union in the development of policies and strategies for country-specific plans to reduce post-harvest food losses
Hybrid Event, 22/08/2016 - 23/08/2016
The workshop is organized by FAO in the framework of a project entitled ‘Support to African Union in the development of policies and strategies for country-specific plans to reduce post-harvest food losses’, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The overa
06/9
2016
08/9
2016
APHILS Network meeting
Hybrid Event, 06/09/2016 - 08/09/2016
Accra - Ghana / A meeting of the APHLIS network of experts, will bring together experts from over 30 sub-Saharan African countries, including representatives from the country’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), and wil host the launch of APHIL+. B
18/11
2016
19/11
2016
2nd World Grain Forum: Conference “Logistics infrastructure: bottlenecks on the global market”
Hybrid Event, 18/11/2016 - 19/11/2016
The events of the 2nd World Grain Forum will be held on November 18–19 in the Main Media Centre in Sochi. The First World Grain Forum, held in 2009 in St. Petersburg on the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation and with the support of the
Projects
Publications
Do Good: Save Food! Teaching guide. Age group 8 to 9 years old
16/09/2018
This teaching guide is expected to contribute to significantly reducing food waste in schools and households (both plate and kitchen waste) and related negative socio-economic and environmental impacts.
Do Good: Save Food! Teaching guide. Age group 5 to 7 years old
15/09/2018
This teaching guide is expected to contribute to significantly reducing food waste in schools and households (both plate and kitchen waste) and related negative socio-economic and environmental impacts.
Do Good: Save Food! teaching guides package
19/09/2018
This “education package” named “Do Good: Save Food!” is comprised of different modules that teachers can use in class to plan lessons and activities around the issue.
Do Good Save Food! Together we can fight food waste: 9 easy tips
01/04/2017
This is part of an educational package designed to engage and educate young people and to heighten their awareness of food so as to reduce waste. The goal is to raise awareness among school children, teachers, staff and their families and networks.
Stop food waste, for the people for the planet
01/09/2021
It offers tips and hands-on recommendations on how to reduce food waste in our lives as consumers - be it when shopping for food, cooking at home, or eating out - by introducing simple habits and making small changes every day.