Women and Youth’s Adoption of and Access to Postharvest Mechanization and Entrepreneurial Models in Bangladesh
University of Illinois and BAU researchers with women’s group members in Bangladesh.
Experimental Training Hub helps Njala University fight postharvest loss
Experimental Training Hub helps Njala University fight postharvest loss By Paul McNamara, Professor, University of Illinois Two years of funding from ADMI has helped the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Njala University co-create a Postharvest Loss Experimental Training Hub to train students and faculty, serve farmers, and link farmers to private sector partners […]
Refining single-kernel maize sorting to reduce mycotoxin contamination
Refining single-kernel maize sorting to reduce mycotoxin contamination By Ruben Chavez, PHL Scholar My research focuses on single-kernel spectral identification of mycotoxins in corn. I started working with commercial corn from the U.S. as a master’s student at the University of Illinois Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. My principal advisor, Dr. Matthew Stasiewicz, […]
Scaling postharvest technologies to women farmers in Ghana
Scaling postharvest technologies to women farmers in Ghana By Dr. Anna Snider, AgReach at the University of Illinois Gender is a theme that has implications at all levels in agriculture research and international development. AgReach is part of a team that includes entomologists, plant pathologists, agricultural economics, engineers, and others to ensure that the benefits […]
ADMI hosts trainees from Bangladesh Ministry of Food
ADMI hosts trainees from Bangladesh Ministry of Food The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss recently hosted a two-week short course for persons engaged in food policy issues with the Government of Bangladesh as a component of the Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program. This is the third year for the short course. […]
ADM Cares supports 3 ADMI projects for 2022-23
ADM Cares supports 3 ADMI projects for 2022-23 Three postharvest loss-related research projects totaling $120,000 were recently selected for funding through ADM Cares, ADM’s social investment program, which directs funds to organizations that drive meaningful social, economic, and environmental progress around the world. Two of the proposals build on ADMI’s previous work to reduce postharvest […]
Food Systems Perspectives in Policy to Address Postharvest Losses
Food Systems Perspectives in Policy to Address Postharvest Losses By Bradley Brinkley, Global Food Security Fellow, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss The ADMI approach to postharvest loss is to consider the entire food system. Research tells us that postharvest losses do not occur in a vacuum – food loss at one stage of […]
Importance of Capacity Building in Promoting Better Postharvest Management
Importance of Capacity Building in Promoting Better Postharvest Management By Bradley Brinkley, Global Food Security Fellow, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Research institutions, non-profit organizations, and farmer cooperatives all play a critical role in extension, knowledge sharing, farmer training, and enabling change. Strengthening institutional and human capacity, however, is a frequently overlooked topic […]
Building capacity in the field: Angelique’s story
Building capacity in the field: Angelique’s story By Angelique Uwamahoro, co-founder of Food Sustainability Initiative, Rwanda I was very fortunate to participate in a postharvest e-learning program offered by The Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF). I graduated with a rich package of information and skills from PEF in 2017. Learning never ends. I am presently using […]
Enabling Successful Scaling of Postharvest Innovations
Enabling Successful Scaling of Postharvest Innovations By Bradley Brinkley, Global Food Security Fellow, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Recent experience has shown the importance of resilient food systems, and the essential role of postharvest management as a pathway to build resilience. Postharvest losses affect food availability, food security, and food safety all […]