Reducing PHL: A Food Systems Approach
ADMI 10 year webinar series
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Join ADMI in a webinar series that addresses postharvest loss through food systems research, innovations, and capacity building.
The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss has spent the last decade promoting innovations, pioneering postharvest food systems research, and building capacity towards better postharvest management.
This webinar series brings together experts from universities, research institutions, non-profits, and the private sector to share best practices, lessons learned, and priorities in postharvest loss reduction.
Enabling Successful Scaling of Postharvest Loss Innovations
January 27, 2022
A decade ago, the technical solutions to postharvest loss seemed to be widely understood; however, widespread adoption has remained a challenge. Join this webinar to hear three innovators from Bangladesh, Ghana, and the United States discuss technologies they have helped develop and key solutions that have enabled adoption and scaling.
Blog post about the webinar’s main points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgldpDGVaQ
Panel members
- Dr. Md. Monjurul Alam, Bangladesh Agricultural University, BAU-STR dryer Presentation slides
- Dr. Kerry Clark, Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL), SIL multi-crop thresher Presentation slides
- Isaac Sesi, Sesi Technologies, GrainMate moisture meters
Importance of Capacity Building in Promoting Better Postharvest Management
February 23, 2022
Strengthening institutional and human capacity is a frequently overlooked topic in promoting improved postharvest management. National and local research institutions, non-profits, and farmer cooperatives play critical roles in extension, knowledge sharing, farmer training, and enabling change. Join this webinar to hear success stories of integrating postharvest management training in ways that build capacity for people and institutions.
Blog post about the webinar’s main points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ax0iP42Ub0
Panel members
- Dr. Madhu Viswanathan, Marketplace Literacy Project Presentation Slides
- Dr. Lisa Kitinoja, Postharvest Education Foundation Presentation Slides
- Dr. Paul McNamara, AgReach, University of Illinois Presentation Slides
Food Systems Perspectives in Policy to Address Postharvest Losses
March 24, 2022
The food systems approach recognizes that problems of food loss anywhere in a value chain may reflect failures and potential interventions elsewhere in that chain. Join this webinar to hear from three experts who will address the importance of food systems perspectives in policy to address postharvest losses at a national scale.
Blog post about the webinar’s main points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMgD_epReOw
Panel members
- Dr. Tanya Stathers, Natural Resources Institute and African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS+) presentation slides
- Dr. Kathy Baylis, University of California, Santa Barbara presentation slides
- Dr. Ashok Gulati, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) presentation slides