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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)

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...

Food Losses and Waste Initiative: From Prevention to Valorisation
30/01/2015
As the reduction of food losses and valorisation of waste must be part of a portfolio of solutions needed to feed the world more sustainably, GFIA 2015 will include a major focus on the important issues.
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 identifies...

Small-scale Postharvest Handling Technologies Short Course/Study Tour
10/01/2015
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).