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...

The Small-scale Postharvest Handling Technologies Short Course/Study Tour was successfully held during 23-27 February 2015 in Arusha, Tanzania by the Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF).

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...

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 ...

What are your experiences in levels of grain losses, particularly maize? How were they measured? What solutions can be/were implemented to reduce these losses? What success stories can you share with the Community?

In the framework of the Food Processing and Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) 2014 on 19 November (9:00-17:00 hrs / Nairobi, Kenya) FAO held a one-day event on Food Loss Reduction - Partnership and Capacity Building

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, FAO, IFAD and WFP officially launche...

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...

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.

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Summary and recommendations of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) report on “Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems” are now available.

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...