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Knowledge sharing, learning and technical exchange on food loss and waste reduction webinar: Africa
21/07/2022
FAO online webinar to promote awareness of the various tools and methodologies.
2nd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition
21/08/2019
September 17th – 20th, 2019 at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Postharvest Loss Reduction and Agro-processing: Drivers of Agricultural Transformation in Africa
Acknowledging the urgent need to address this global challenge, the University of Nairobi and a co...
FAO regional workshop for food loss reduction strategy development
15/06/2016
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.
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...