OUAGADOUGOU – On 19 May 2015 the launching workshop of the RBA joint project’ technical activities, FAO, IFAD, and WFP, “Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas” was held in the conference room of the Pa...

A one-day workshop aimed at launching the activities planned in Uganda within the framework of the RBAs joint project funded by the Swiss Agency for International Cooperation was organized by FAO.

Kinshasa, 17 March 2015. About 40 participants, including experts in post-harvest management, representatives of relevant public and private sector actors, national and international institutions and organizations, decision makers were informed about the project “

The Community of Practice (CoP) moderator has exchanged with Betty A. Bugusu from Purdue University to consolidate information on Purdue’s experience in the framework of the Food Processing Innovation Lab.

Some main issues causing post-harvest losses for grains relate to drying and ...

At the G20 agriculture ministers meeting held in Istanbul, the extent of food loss and waste was highlighted as "a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance" they encourage all G20 members "to strengthen their efforts to address it. We belie...

Your contribution in collecting and describing existing postharvest loss (PHL) assessment methodologies can make the difference! 

After the consultation undertaken to get CoP members’ insights about the preferred topics of discussion, a new thread has been launched on

At the end of 2012 SDC has started the project “Wide spread Replication of Successful Post Harvest Technology in Latin America (Proyecto Postcosecha América Latina PPAL)

The study ‘Post-Harvest Losses of Rice in Nigeria and their Ecological Footprint’ presents an analysis of food losses in the harvesting, processing and marketing stages in Nigeria, and identifies...

As the reduction of food losses and valorisation of waste must be part of a portfolio of solutions needed to feed the world more sustainably, GFIA 2015 will include a major focus on the important issues.

A recently published paper on PHL in the cassava value chains, which compares the situations of different cassava–producing countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Thailand and Vietnam, has been discussed by the CoP moderator with Diego Naziri, a scientist sec...

The Small-scale Postharvest Handling Technologies Short Course/Study Tour was successfully held during 23-27 February 2015 in Arusha, Tanzania by the Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF).

Allison Aubrey talks with Robert van Otterdijk from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Steven Waldmann of the Society of St. Andrew and Caroline Kronley of The Rockefeller Foundation a...

The Food Loss & Waste (FLW) Protocol is a multi-stakeholder effort lead by the World Resources Institute to develop the global accounting and reporting standard for food as well as associated ...

What are your experiences in levels of grain losses, particularly maize? How were they measured? What solutions can be/were implemented to reduce these losses? What success stories can you share with the Community?

In the framework of the Food Processing and Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) 2014 on 19 November (9:00-17:00 hrs / Nairobi, Kenya) FAO held a one-day event on Food Loss Reduction - Partnership and Capacity Building

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, FAO, IFAD and WFP official...

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Rome-based UN Agencies Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) co-organize a side event on food loss...

SDC Addis Ababa/Ethiopia office published an "Ex-Ante Cost Benefit Analysis of Reducing Maize Storage Losses in Darimu Woreda (Ethiopia) report" authored by Senait Regassa, agricultural economist.

In t...

Summary and recommendations of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) report on “Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems” are now available.

The AU launched  2014 the “Year of Agriculture and Food Security” marking the 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) on January 30, 2014 during its 22nd Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...