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Bellagio Statement on Post-harvest Management
26/03/2018
A workshop was held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center (11-15 September 2017), inspired by discussions with the YieldWise Initiative, focused on market-based approaches to scale up successful Post-Harvest Management (PHM) experiences, drawing on lessons from Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). 
Support Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing (PHAP)
High level Ministerial Dialogue to Support Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing (PHAP)
19/10/2017

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with FAO, is organizing a High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Post-Harvest Losses Reduction and Agro-Processing (PHAP), to be held in Abidjan on 21-2...

First Africa-wide Postharvest food loss reduction Congress and Exhibition
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...

Help shape APHLIS: your open postharvest loss data resource for sub-Saharan Africa
Help shape APHLIS: your open postharvest loss data resource for sub-Saharan Africa
06/03/2017
As part of its five year rejuvenation project, the African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS) run a survey among the international postharvest loss community to source feedback and ideas on how to best improve its data services. 
Food Losses & Waste in the chain, a short course by WageningenUR
17/11/2015
A short course providing participants with expert lectures on a wide variety of topics relevant to the crop supply chain from quality parameters, value chain analysis, and economic impact of food losses & waste to multi-stakeholder involvement.
Measuring Food Losses and Food Waste a parallel session at ICAS VII
Measuring Food Losses and Food Waste a parallel session at ICAS VII
18/06/2015
A set of parallel sessions on "Sustainable Agricultural Production and Consumption" is organized. In this framework FAO is coordinating a dedicated one on "Measuring Food Losses and Food Waste". 
FAO event at FPPE: Food Loss Reduction – Partnership and Capacity Building
19/10/2014

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

Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems
CFS 41 Session – HLPE report on “Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems”
30/09/2014
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.
African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and Postharvest Losses
African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and Postharvest Losses
29/09/2014

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...