The global postharvest startup
The global postharvest startup by Nigel Banks, Postharvest.Co Limited, New Zealand This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. OK, we’ve finally woken up with a bump to realise that we have a short […]
Focus on research in post-harvest storage of cowpea in Burkina Faso
Focus on research in post-harvest storage of cowpea in Burkina Faso By Antoine Sanon (University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Clémentine Dabiré (Laboratoire d’entomologie agricole de Kamboinsé, Burkina Faso), and Dieudonné Baritbusa and Larry Murdock (Purdue University, USA) This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on […]
How understanding the biology of the crop can help us reduce losses of yams during on-farm storage in West Africa
How understanding the biology of the crop can help us reduce losses of yams during on-farm storage in West Africa By Dr. Debbie Rees, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more […]
Positive results in procedures to prevent postharvest fruit losses
Positive results in procedures to prevent postharvest fruit losses By L. Antonio Liziana, CEPOC (Postharvest Study Center), Facultad Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. The case of table grapes […]
Transdisciplinary research aimed at PHL reduction in East Africa
Transdisciplinary research aimed at PHL reduction in East Africa By Cory W. Whitney, PhD candidate at the University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agriculture, Witzenhausen, and scientific staff at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kleve, both in Germany This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up […]
Annakshetra at schools: Sharing food, sharing smiles
Annakshetra at schools: Sharing food, sharing smiles By Ravi Dhingra, Annakshetra, India This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. The impact of food waste at schools is not just financial. Food waste can […]
2015 PHL Congress in Rome: an inspiring meeting!
2015 PHL Congress in Rome: an inspiring meeting! By Gilmar P. Henz, Embrapa Headquarters, Brasilia-DF, Brazil This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. I have been working with postharvest pathology and technology of […]
A need to standardize methodology for measuring postharvest losses
A need to standardize methodology for measuring postharvest losses By Vijay Yadav Tokala, Ph.D. Student, Punjab Agricultural University, India This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. It was a wonderful experience to take part […]
Flying pineapples – Re-considering losses in a fruit supply chain in Uganda
Flying pineapples – Re-considering losses in a fruit supply chain in Uganda By Katharine Troeger, University of Kassel, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Germany / DITSL – German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Witzenhausen, Germany This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest […]
Knowledge as a remedy to postharvest loss
Knowledge as a remedy to postharvest loss By Mohmad Arief Zargar, University of Kashmir, India This post is part of the ADM Institute’s #PreventPHL blog campaign, following up on the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. To read more posts in the series, click here. I think the biggest cause of postharvest losses in developing […]