Noticias
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...
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 iden...
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 officially launche...
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 los...
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 ...
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...