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New Online Consultation on the linkages between Food Loss and Waste (FLW) and Nutrition
18/09/2017
This consultation on linkages between FLW and Nutrition is aimed at understanding links between FLW and nutrition. A study has investigated losses of vitamins A and C associated with frui...
UN Agencies signal the need to scale up food loss interventions
07/09/2017
Following a joint-event on the lessons learnt from a food loss reduction project implemented collaboratively by the Rome-based UN food agencies, the group called for the scaling up of pilot projects to adequately meet the required reduction in food loss.
Food security on the table as pioneering project estimates nutritional losses
03/07/2017
The Community of Practice on food loss reduction is drawing the attention to nutritional composition of losses and what research organizations are doing on this topic.
To date, much of the research on...
First Africa-wide Postharvest food loss reduction Congress and Exhibition
04/05/2017
28/03/2017 - 31/03/2017 (Nairobi, Kenya)
The World Food Preservation Center® LLC in conjunction with its sister University (University of Nairobi) and a consortium of Universities and a Research & Development Institution in Africa organized the First all Africa Postharvest Loss...
Democratic Republic of the Congo: experts meet to discuss the development of post-harvest loss management policy and strategy
19/04/2017
Food losses are a major issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), due to the deficiencies in post-harvest infrastructure, technologies and capacities that affect the country's agricultural sector. On 6 April 2017, key stakeholders met at a workshop in Kinshasa to discuss technical, policy and strategic orientations and recommendations for food loss reduction in the country.