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NEW online Forum discussion on business models of PHL technologies
20/01/2017
The Forum of our CoP is launching a new online discussion aimed at comparing the different business models used by a variety of projects and programmes worldwi...
Postharvest Management (PHM) side event at GFRAS 7th annual meeting
11/10/2016
A side event on Postharvest Management (PHM) organized by AFAAS and its PHM partners was held during the GFRAS 7th annual meeting in Limbe, Cameroon on 3 October 2016. The GFRAS 7th annual meeting was an important opportunity to engage in the global effort to reduce food losses a large nu...
Improving our estimates of postharvest losses: APHLIS+ launch
21/09/2016
Launched in 2009, APHLIS is a scientific model which provides evidence-based estimates on postharvest cereal losses (PHLs) across 38 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
The APHLIS+ network meeting, hosted by the Natural Resources Institute in Accra (Ghana) 5-9 September 2016, provided ...
Validation workshop of Burkina Faso food loss assessments report
30/08/2016
First portable low-cost device developed for rapid detection of aflatoxins
04/08/2016
On 26 July 2016, the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) launched a new technology that detects aflatoxins on location, can save lives and open export markets for African and Asian countries. The rapid test kit device is also affordable at under US$ 2. This e...