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...

 

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) carried out an independent study about the scalability and adaptability of post-harvest hermetic technologies based on the WFP Special Operation in 2015. The study focused on scalability, adaptability and impact of the project to Ug...

In countries where post-harvest losses have been proven to be high and, in some cases, assessed and measured the development of conducive policies and regulations for their reduction should be supported. It is a fact that multi-stakeholder initiatives play a key role in developing knowledge and capacities. As CoP members, we would like to receive your insights on: who the main drivers of such processes are; how do such processes work; and, based on what evidence they can be built. 

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the UN Rome based agencies (FAO, IFAD and WFP) co-organized a workshop on Post-Harvest Management (PHM) / Food Loss Reduct...

A one-day workshop aimed at launching the activities planned in Uganda within the framework of the RBAs joint project funded by the Swiss Agency for International Cooperation was organized by FAO.

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).

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...