Multi-stakeholder collaboration framework for post-harvest loss reduction: the case of tomato value chain in Iringa and Morogoro regional in Tanzania

17/02/2025

Globally, one-third of the food produced for human consumption globally is wasted, a figure projected to rise with increased food production. Collaborative efforts across food supply chains can mitigate post-harvest losses, playing a crucial role in enhancing food security. However, frameworks fo...

Food loss in Pacific Island Countries: a scoping review of the literature

24/01/2025

Food loss and waste pose significant challenges to global food security, economic development, and environmental sustainability. Pacific Island Countries (PICs), with limited resources, being geographically isolated, and vulnerable to climate change, face unique challenges when it comes to the is...

Technological innovations for reducing tomato loss in the agri-food industry

08/02/2025

Food loss and waste has a detrimental impact on the economy, food security and the environment, especially at a time when more than 700 million people around the world suffer from hunger. Fruit and vegetables are highly perishable products and, as a result significant amounts are wasted at variou...

Sustainable farming with machine learning solutions for minimizing food waste

03/03/2025

This research explores the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in mitigating post-harvest losses and reducing food waste within the agricultural supply chain. Our objective is to rigorously quantify the effectiveness of these technologies at various stages of foo...

Volume and value of postharvest losses: the case of tomatoes in Nepal

04/12/2017

The purpose of this paper is to develop a straightforward method to quantify volume and value of postharvest losses in the tomato postharvest value chain in Nepal and estimate the monetary loss shouldered by value chain actors.