In an effort to assist and achieve the Malabo PHL and SDG 12:3 food loss reduction goals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have been collaborating on the project: Support to t...

In FAO HQ (Rome, Italy) an official event has presented to the public the newly published E-learning course on Food Loss Analysis, an output of the joint UN Rome-based agencies (RBA) project on "Mainstreaming food loss reducti...

FAO is organizing a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) to enhance the knowledge and skills of professionals and institutions, through collaboration with institutions, to implement the FAO Food Loss Analysis methodology in order to support evidence-based food losses reduction strategies and policy at national and regional levels.

As custodian agency of 21 indicators, FAO has developed a methodology and guiding tools for each indicator which provide countries with step-by-step guidance on the entire reporting process, including data collection, assessment and computation of the results. Indicator 12.3.1 is in the proces...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are jointly launching the e-learning course on Food Loss Analysis.

The Faculty of Agriculture (FoA) of the University of Mauritius is leading the “Food Loss and Waste Reduction and Recovery” Initiative (hereafter referred to as FLoWeR Initiative) scheduled over one year (February 2018 to March 2019) with the aim of creating national awareness on food...

Un atelier de travail a été organisé dans le Centre Bellagio de la Fondation Rockefeller (11-15 Septembre 2017), inspiré des discussions avec l’Initiative YieldWise, axée sur les stratégies basées sur le marché pour répandre les expériences efficaces de gestion de l’après récolte (GAR), tout en tirant les leçons nécessaires de l’Afrique sub-saharienne (SSA). 

An e-learning course developed in the framework of the RBA joint "Mainstreaming food loss reduction strategies for smallholders in food-deficit areas" introdu...

A new project on affordable post-harvest technologies such as low-cost cold storage equipments to boost farmers resilience and income is managed by Dr Jane Ambuko, a scientist at the University of Nairobi's Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection and CoP on food loss reduction member.

On 21-22 November 2017 a high level ministerial dialogue was held to launch the Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-processing (PHAP) flagship funding by the African Development Bank (AfDB). 

The programme included: Session 1 - Realizing the value of increased productivity ...

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...

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...

Après un évènement conjoint sur les leçons apprises du projet sur la réduction des pertes alimentaires mis en œuvre de concert par les agences de l’alimentation des Nations Unies ayant siège à Rome, le groupe a lancé un appel pour l’expansion des projets pilotes afin d’atteindre de façon adéquate la réduction souhaitée en matière de pertes alimentaires.

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...

Le World Food Preservation Center® LLC en coopération avec son université partenaire (Université de Nairobi) et un consortium d’universités, ainsi qu’une institution de recherche et développement africaine, ont organisé lepremier Congrès et exposition sur l’après récolte pour toute l’Afrique.

Les pertes alimentaires sont un problème majeur en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), en raison des lacunes dans les infrastructures, les technologies et les capacités post-récolte qui affectent le secteur agricole du pays. Le 6 avril 2017, des acteurs clé ont été réunis lors d'un atelier...

Towards the development of post-harvest management policy and strategy: supporting a strategic roadmap for the reduction of post-harvest losses in cereals and pulses in Burkina Faso

On 15 March 2017, key stakeholders met in Ouagadougou to discuss technical, policy and s...

 

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) carried out an independent study about the scalability and adaptability of post-harvest hermetic technologies based on the WFP Special Operation in 2015. The study focused on scalability, adaptability and impact of the project to Ug...

En tant que partie du projet de rajeunissement étalé sur cinq ans, le système informatique sur les pertes après récolte en Afrique (APHLIS) est en train de mener une enquête dans la communauté internationale œuvrant dans le domaine des pertes après récolte, pour collecter des suivis et des suggestions sur les meilleurs façons d’améliorer ses services de données. 

Last 17^th January, the 1^st all Africa Post-harvest congress was officially launched in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jane Ambuko, Professor at the University of Nairobi and chair of the l...