Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

Mozambique

Women winnowing maize for sale at the local market

News

21/07/2022
FAO online webinar to promote awareness of the various tools and methodologies.
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 Loss...

Support Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing (PHAP)
19/10/2017

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with FAO, is organizing a High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing (PHAP), to be held in Abidjan on 21-2...

Articles
20/03/2020

Since the first case was confirmed in Africa in late February, numbers have grown to over 4,500 cases in...

 
Events

19/ 9

2023

22/9

2023

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 19/09/2023 - 22/09/2023

Hosted by the African Union Commission (AUC) at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the congress is being organized by the AUC in collaboration with various partners, including development partners, private sector actors, academic/research institutions, and civil society.

8/ 9

2015

10/9

2015

Jinja (Uganda), Hybrid Event, 08/09/2015 - 10/09/2015

Jinja, Uganda - The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC - Global Cooperation/Global Programme Food Security is organizing a workshop on Post-Harvest Management (PHM) /Food Loss Reduction (FLR). Parti

29/ 9

2022

Virtual Event, 29/09/2022

On 29 September 2022, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be observed for the third time.

 
Projects
 
Publications
Integrating Gender Roles, Social Equity and Post Harvest Management Policies to Improve Rural Household’s Food Security
01/01/2017

This policy brief describes the current status of policies and programs in Benin and Mozambique, with the aim of identifying potential gender and social sensitive post-harvest initiatives, thereby supporting their transition to a more sustainable and inclusive food security economy.

01/01/2017

Presentation on investing in post-harvest reduction intervention in Africa

Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa
01/07/2017

The research, development practitioner, and donor community has begun to focus on food loss and waste – often referred to as post-harvest losses (PHL) – in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article reviews the current state of the literature on PHL mitigation.

 
Multimedia