África subsahariana

27-28 de agosto de 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
TICAD-VI constituirá un hito del proceso TICAD, ya que será la primera Cumbre TICAD que se celebrará en el continente africano en sus más de 20 años de historia. [Para saber más]

2016: 11 de febrero, Otjiwarongo (Namibia)
Taller nacional de validación sobre pérdidas de alimentos.[Para saber más]

2014: 18-20 de noviembre, Nairobi (Kenya)
La segunda Exposición de Envasado y Procesamiento de Alimentos (FPPE, por sus siglas en inglés) celebrada en el Centro de Congresos Internacional Kenyatta (KICC) de Nairobi (Kenya) del 18 al 20 de noviembre de 2014 fue un gran éxito. [Para saber más]

2014: 22-23 October, Johannesburg.
The African Union Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) engaged in a two-day High-level Consultative meeting with key stakeholders to identify ways and means to expand the current and future Post Harvest Losses (PHL) reduction initiatives in response to the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Africa Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation.

2014: FAO highlighted the launch of the Community of Practice at the opening session of the AU/FAO consultation and encouraged all participants to join, in an effort to improve coordination and communication on post-harvest issues.

2014: Since 2010 Angola’s livestock losses have been increasing due to continuous droughts. This situation called the special attention of local governments, the Angola’s Women Association and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to promote a series of three courses aimed at reinforcing food traditional food processing practices to prevent food losses [read more]

2014: 21 – 23 July, Windhoek, Namibia.
The Food and Nutrition Security Workshop is a collaborative consultative event enabled by the World Future Council (WFC), the City of Windhoek (Namibia), the City of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). [read more]

2012: 27^th FAO Regional Conference for Africa underlined the importance of public-private partnerships for food losses reduction by taking action along food supply chains.
FAO Regional Office for Africa: Food Loss Reduction Strategy Development in favor of Smallholder Producers in Africa. Project Improved food security and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa through reduced food losses and increased value addition. The sectors supported are relevant to food and nutrition security and target: cereals, roots and tubers, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds and pulses, dairy, fish and meat. The Project includes 2 phases that will address - first: (i) consultation with national stakeholders and stocktaking on critical food loss points; (ii) support to institutionalization of policies and strategies related to food loss reduction and - second: (i) incorporation of the knowledge developed in phase one into national agricultural investment plans; (ii) capacity development for multi-stakeholders in the food supply chain, with a special focus on women smallholders; and (iii) potential solutions will be piloted through a mini-grant scheme.