The Forum of our CoP is launching a new online discussion aimed at comparing the different business models used by a variety of projects and programmes worldwi...

A side event on Postharvest Management (PHM) organized by AFAAS and its PHM partners was held during the GFRAS 7th annual meeting in Limbe, Cameroon on 3 October 2016. The GFRAS 7th annual meeting was an important opportunity to engage in the global effort to reduce food losses a large nu...

Launched in 2009, APHLIS is a scientific model which provides evidence-based estimates on postharvest cereal losses (PHLs) across 38 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The APHLIS+ network meeting, hosted by the Natural Resources Institute in Accra (Ghana) 5-9 September 2016, provided ...

A validation workshop to share the results of a food loss assessment study and to collect feedback and comments by different stakeholders was held in Ouagadougou on 28 July 2016. The study was carried out by consultants and country team of the Rome-based UN agencies joint project in Burkina Faso.

On 26 July 2016, the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) launched a new technology that detects aflatoxins on location, can save lives and open export markets for African and Asian countries. The rapid test kit device is also affordable at under US$ 2. This e...

Kinshasa, DRC, 26-27 May 2016 - In the framework of the implementation of the RBAs joint project “Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas”, food loss assessments in the maize and rice value chains in the provinces of Kwilu (Idiofa and ...

A three-day workshop organized in the framework of the project entitled ‘Food loss reduction strategy development in favour of smallholder producers in Africa Phase 1’ was held in Douala, Cameroun, 7-9 June 2016. The workshop is part of a project launched in 2014, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by FAO in eleven African countries (Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) in partnership with respective Ministries of Agriculture and other stakeholders.

Towards the 2016 SAVE FOOD annual meeting! At the 2015 SAVE FOOD annual Meeting, held in Vevey (Switzerland / 12 May 2015), Mireille Totobesola-Barbier presented the Community of Practice (CoP) on food loss reduction and the RBAs joint project "Mainstreaming Food Loss Reductio...

The CoP member Rex Raimond, Senior Mediator and Program Director of Meridian Institute, presents the “AflaSTOP: Storage and Drying for Aflatoxin Prevention (AflaSTOP)” project (started in 2012).

Meridian Institute is partnering with

Kinshasa, 6 April 2016: eight artisans selected and designated by producers groups, administrators of warehouses and inspections of agriculture, fishery, livestock and rural development, two from each territory of Bulungu and Idiofa in Kwilu Province, and of Seke-Banza and Luozi in Central Con...

In countries where post-harvest losses have been proven to be high and, in some cases, assessed and measured the development of conducive policies and regulations for their reduction should be supported. It is a fact that multi-stakeholder initiatives play a key role in developing knowledge and capacities. As CoP members, we would like to receive your insights on: who the main drivers of such processes are; how do such processes work; and, based on what evidence they can be built. 

A three-day validation workshop organized in the framework of the project entitled ‘Food loss reduction strategy development in favour of smallholder producers in Africa Phase 1’ was held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 15 to 17 March 2016. The workshop is part of a project launched in 2014, funded b...

The Senior Programme Assistant Susan Chipeta describes for the CoP members the WFP intervention for reducing PHL undertaken in Zambia and implemented through two different actions and in collaboration with other institutions.

Suffocating Insects to Save School Meals. An airtight solutio...

Lisa Kitinoja (Postharvest Education Foundation, USA) participated as keynote speaker in the session on Education Platform and Decision Support Systems at the 1st International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention held in Rome in October 2015.

Her presentation on “Integrating posthar...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR research program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) launched a new initiative to enhance global cooperation on measuring and reducing food loss and waste.

In Africa in particular, where smoking and drying are the most common methods for fish processing at small and medium scale level, the practices and techniques are constrained by significant challenges related to post-harvest losses, environmental issues, and value chain actors and consumers’ ...

A short course providing participants with expert lectures on a wide variety of topics relevant to the crop supply chain from quality parameters, value chain analysis, and economic impact of food losses & waste to multi-stakeholder involvement.

There is lack of information on micro-nutrient losses in the food supply chains. Given the large scale of micro-nutrient deficiencies and the need of diversified diets to prevent and control micro-nutrient deficiencies worldwide, there is a real need for nutrient loss data to assess the causes and scale of the problem. 

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the UN Rome based agencies (FAO, IFAD and WFP) co-organized a workshop on Post-Harvest Management (PHM) / Food Loss Reduct...

A set of parallel sessions on "Sustainable Agricultural Production and Consumption" is organized. In this framework FAO is coordinating a dedicated one on "Measuring Food Losses and Food Waste".