Noticias
Launching workshop of the RBA joint project’s activities in Burkina Faso
10/06/2015
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...
Presentación de las actividades del proyecto conjunto de los organismos con sede en Roma en Uganda
13/04/2015
Official launch of the UN Rome-Based Agencies joint-project's activities in DRC
25/03/2015
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 Food Processing Innovation Lab Builds on Hermetic Storage Success
02/03/2015
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 ...
G20 meeting: Food waste and loss - a major global problem
02/03/2015
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...
New CoP online discussion in the Forum
02/03/2015
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
Replication of Successful Post Harvest Technology in Latin America Project (2015-18)
30/01/2015
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)
GIZ - Post-Harvest Losses of Rice in Nigeria and their Ecological Footprint
30/01/2015
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...
Iniciativa sobre la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos: de la prevención a la valorisation
30/01/2015
New paper: Addressing postharvest losses in cassava value chains
30/01/2015
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...
Curso breve/viaje de estudio sobre manejo de tecnologías poscosecha en pequeña escala
10/01/2015
The Washington Post live event on Food Loss and Waste
15/12/2014
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...
Food Loss & Waste (FLW) Protocol, Pilot testing
15/12/2014
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 ...
Debate en línea sobre las pérdidas que se producen a lo largo de las cadenas de suministro de maíz
21/10/2014
¿Cuáles son sus experiencias a nivel de pérdidas de cereales, particularmente Maíz? ¿Cómo han sido medidas? ¿Qué soluciones pueden ser o serán implementadas para reducir las pérdidas? ¿Qué historias de éxito pueden ser compartidas con la Comunidad?
FAO evento en reducción de las pérdidas de alimentos – Asociaciones y la creación de capacidad
19/10/2014
Launch of the Community of Practice on Food loss reduction at CFS side event
18/10/2014
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, FAO, IFAD and WFP official...
CFS 41 Side Event ‘Getting into Action on Food Losses and Waste‘
14/10/2014
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...
Does it Pay to Invest in Postharvest Management?
01/10/2014
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...
African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and Postharvest Losses
29/09/2014
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...