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FLAPP (FAO Food Loss App) - Monitoring and Reducing Food Loss in the Dominican Republic
21/01/2025
Food losses include products lost or damaged throughout the value chain up to the wholesale market. Numerous FAO projects work directly with farmers to help diminish these losses. In the Dominican Republic, rice is one of the crops most affected by food loss. The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) can quantify food loss in key crops, identify where losses occur, and provide solutions for farmers.
Technical tips to maintain quality and reduce food losses in mango value chains
19/11/2024
Food losses refer to the decrease in the quantity or quality of food resulting from decisions and actions by food suppliers in the supply chain, excluding retail, food service providers and consumers. Food losses predominate in developing countries. This video includes technical tips on good cold storage practices to maintain the quality, improve the shelf-life and reduce losses of mangoes.
Reducing Post-harvest Food Losses of Dasheen Leaves in Trinidad and Tobago
01/11/2024
Food losses include products lost in transport, handling, packaging, processing and through wholesale markets. Numerous FAO projects work directly with farmers to help diminish these losses. In Trinidad and Tobago, farmers have been learning to maximize harvests of a local crop – taro leaves. Good harvest practices have been improving the quality and shelf-life of leafy vegetables.
Investing in food loss and waste prevention and reduction | IDAFLW 2024
29/09/2024
The fifth observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste highlighted the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, for achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The world produces enough food to feed everyone, and yet millions suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
Reducing Post-harvest Food Losses of Tomatoes in the Philippines
27/09/2024
In Nueva Vizcaya, in the Philippines, farmers are starting to see dramatic reductions of their food losses in the tomato supply chain. Farmers have improved their harvest and handling practices – from wearing knitted gloves to improving washing and packing techniques.