Nouvelles
AflaSTOP project identifies the most promising storage options to arrest aflatoxin growth in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania
09/05/2016
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
Good practices for the reduction of food losses in cereals and grains chains arriving to the provinces of Kwilu and Central Congo
12/04/2016
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...
Discussion sur le Forum de la CdP sur le développement de politiques pour la réduction des pertes après récolte
11/04/2016
The CoP presented at FAO regional validation workshop for food loss reduction strategy development in favour of smallholder producers in Africa.
24/03/2016
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...
WFP in action for PHL reduction in Zambia
17/12/2015
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 soluti...
Integrating postharvest development capacity into national extension services
07/12/2015
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 postha...
Lancement de la Plateforme technique du G20 sur l'évaluation et la réduction des pertes et du gaspillage alimentaires.
07/12/2015
The FTT-Thiaroye processing technique, an innovation for post-harvest loss reduction in fisheries and aquaculture, presented at the 1st PHL Congress in Rome.
18/11/2015
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’ ...
Les pertes et le gaspillage alimentaires dans la chaîne: un cours de courte durée coordonné par le Centre du développement et de l’innovation de l’Université de WageningenUR, aux Pays Bas.
17/11/2015
La déperdition en micronutriments dans les pertes et le gaspillage alimentaires concernant les légumes et les fruits: présentation de deux études de la FAO au Premier Congrès sur les pertes alimentaires après récolte à Rome
05/11/2015
Post-Harvest Management/Food Loss Reduction workshop in Jinja, Uganda
24/09/2015
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...
« Mesurer les pertes et les gaspillages alimentaires » une séance parallèle à la Septième Conférence internationale sur les statistiques agricoles
18/06/2015
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 P...
Lancer le projet conjoint du BRA concernant les activités visant à la réduction des pertes alimentaires pour les petits agriculteurs de l’Ouganda
13/04/2015
Lancement officiel des activités prévues en DRC du projet conjoint des Agences des Nations Unies basées à Rome
25/03/2015
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...
Nouvelle discussion en ligne dans le Forum de la CdP
02/03/2015
Votre contribution à collecter et décrire les méthodologies d'évaluation des pertes après-récoltes peut faire la différence!
En suivant la première discussion en linge sur les pertes se produisant sur les chaines d’approvisionnement du maïs terminée à la fin de Janvier, dont le rapport&...
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)
Initiative sur les pertes et les gaspillages alimentaires: de la prévention à la valorisation
30/01/2015
Etant donné que la réduction des pertes alimentaires et la valorisation des alimentaires gaspillées doivent faire partie des solutions nécessaires pour nourrir le monde de façon plus durable, GFIA 2015 mettra largement l’accent sur les problèmes importants. En partenariat avec Wageningen UR ce...