Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

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21/07/2022
FAO online webinar to promote awareness of the various tools and methodologies.
10/10/2019

The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 (SOFA) launched at a press conference with the Director-General and Maximo Torero (ADG-ES), on Monday, 14 October at 12:00 in the Sheikh Zayed Centre is about Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction. It provides in...

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. 
11/04/2016
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. 
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

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...