News
Post-harvest loss reduction for enhanced food and nutrition security in IGAD member states
11/03/2019
A workshop is held in Djibouti to launch a new project entitled “Post-Ha...
Government of Uganda, FAO, WFP, IFAD for the development of a comprehensive strategy to reduce PHL in grains
31/05/2019
Kampala - Key agriculture stakeholders in Uganda have commended national efforts towards addressing food and nutrition insecurity as well as increasing national income through strategies to reduce post-harvest losses in grains. The vote of confidence in the government was made...
Capitalization of Experience is Sub-Saharan Africa
07/06/2019
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been funding programs on postharvest management (PHM) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 2008, following its successful POSTCOSECHA program in Central America that led to the adoption of m...
Development of Voluntary Codes of Conduct on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
17/06/2019
Global Advisory Panel for Development of Voluntary Codes of Conduct on Food Loss and Waste Reduction - Call for nominations
1. Background
The world is facing unprecedented global challenges that a...
2nd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition
21/08/2019
September 17th – 20th, 2019 at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Postharvest Loss Reduction and Agro-processing: Drivers of Agricultural Transformation in Africa
Acknowledging the urgent need to address this global challenge, the University of Nairobi and a co...
Articles
Events
12/10
2017
44 CFS event HOW REDUCING POST-HARVEST LOSSES CAN ADVANCE THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Hybrid Event, 12/10/2017
12 October 2017 (13-14.30) FAO HQ RED ROOM Side event no. 79 - HOW REDUCING POST-HARVEST LOSSES CAN ADVANCE THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Making it work - political, practical and scientific experiences Organizers: University of Zurich, A
21/11
2017
22/11
2017
High level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of Post-Harvest Losses and Agro-Processing (PHAP)
Hybrid Event, 21/11/2017 - 22/11/2017
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are pleased to invite you to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of Post-Harvest Losses and Agro-Processing (PHAP), which will
01/12
2017
31/7
2018
3rd Edition of the International on-line course on post-harvest and fresh-cut technologies
Hybrid Event, 01/12/2017 - 31/07/2018
The Course is addressed to post-harvest professionals and pre- and post-graduate students related to quality and safety assurance, research and extension on production, handling, transport and marketing of whole and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. The co
30/11
2017
Food Loss and Waste - Taking Action
Hybrid Event, 30/11/2017
Food Loss and Waste - Taking Action (community call/webinar) Thursday, November 30, 201710:00 am | Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) | 1 hr One of the things that the Ag2Nut Community of Practice is working on is the increasing availability of
24/8
2019
30/8
2019
25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration
Hybrid Event, 24/08/2019 - 30/08/2019
25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration will take place in beautiful Montreal from August 24-30, 2019. Montreal is the city where the original Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (such as CFCs and HFCs) was signed in 1987
Projects
Publications
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia
01/01/2017
Section 3 of this report provides an overview of the major challenges related to ensuring the sustainability of agricultural and food systems in the region with a specific focus on natural resource management and climate change processes. In particular, it includes the scale of land degradation, water scarcity, and natural...
Status of the postharvest sector and its contribution to agricultural development and economic growth
01/01/2002
JIRCAS international symposium series Abstract: The past 35 years have witnessed an evolution of priorities within the postharvest sector of developing countries-from a primarily technical focus geared toward the reduction of losses, to a more holistic approach designed to link on-farm activities to processing, marketing and distribution. Despite this evolution in trends,...
Transforming to a circular economy requires communication among all players within the food value system
01/01/2021
An interview with Rosa Rolle, Ph.D. Senior Enterprise Development Officer, at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This article is part of a series where different stakeholders discuss how fit for purpose packaging is essential for sustainable food systems. The articles are published ahead of our virtual...
Report of FEBA Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion "Fruits and vegetables for human development: let’s take action!"
01/01/2022
On 14 December 2021, the European Food Banks Federation organised its Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion with the title “Fruits and vegetables for human development: let’s take action!”. This conference is organised by FEBA together with Italmercati. On this ocassion, we bring together distinguished speakers addressing the...
Guidelines on the measurement of harvest and post-harvest losses. Recommendations on the design of a harvest and post-harvest loss statistics system for food grains (cereals and pulses)
01/01/2018
The testing of measurement methods on crop losses at farm level is necessary to assess their relevance, cost-efficiency and replicability, before recommending them to countries. The pilot survey undertaken in Ghana and described in this document concerns measurement of post-harvest losses (PHL)4 on the farm, a stage at which, in...