Using Digital Platforms to Scale Technology Adoption
Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT Background ADMI has identified many technologies to dramatically improve storage by smallholder farmers, including hermetic bags, which can eliminate mycotoxin infestation and pest damage in Indian settings, but these technologies have so far not been widely diffused in the input supply system. In the face of longstanding challenges in getting technologies to farmers, […]
Spectral Analysis to Remove Mycotoxin Contaminated Grain
Background This project is part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHLIL) Phase 2 led by Kansas State University. PHLIL is a strategic, applied research and education program aimed at improving global food security by reducing post-harvest losses in stored product crops. ADMI is a subawardee in the PHLIL project and works with Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), University […]
Improving Women’s Access to Postharvest Technologies
Background This project is part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHLIL) Phase 2 led by Kansas State University. PHLIL is a strategic, applied research and education program aimed at improving global food security by reducing post-harvest losses in stored product crops. ADMI is a subawardee in the PHLIL project and works with Bangladesh Agricultural […]
Scaling Up Improved Drying and Storage Options
Background This project is part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHLIL) Phase 2 led by Kansas State University. PHLIL is a strategic, applied research and education program aimed at improving global food security by reducing post-harvest losses in stored product crops. ADMI is a subawardee in the […]
Tackling Postharvest Food Loss in India
Tackling Postharvest Food Loss in India This article was authored by Rohini Kashimshetty (ADM) and was originally published on the ADM website on September 29, 2020. According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization, 14% of the food that is produced around the world is lost across the supply chain from the postharvest phase […]
Reducing Post-Harvest Loss with Multi-Sectoral Solutions
Reducing Post-Harvest Loss with Multi-Sectoral Solutions This article was authored by Jessa Barnard (PHLIL), Sarah Schwartz and Maria Jones (ADMI). The article was originally published on Agrilinks on September 29, 2020, the first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Five months ago, we witnessed the phenomenon of American farmers dumping perfectly good […]
Evaluating Benefits of Women-Led Thresher Enterprises
Background The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research (SIL) is dedicated to soybean research for economic development and the reduction of poverty and hunger by nurturing improved soybean value chains in Africa. Since 2016, SIL has been working to improve access to thresher services for smallholder farmers by implementing a training […]
Scaling Multi-Crop Thresher Fabrication Training
Background The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research (SIL) is dedicated to soybean research for economic development and the reduction of poverty and hunger by nurturing improved soybean value chains in Africa. Since 2016, SIL has been working to improve access to thresher services for smallholder farmers by implementing a training […]
Evaluating Options for Large Scale Off-Farm Storage
Background In Bangladesh, farmers sell about one-third of their harvested paddy just after harvesting, store another one-third for sale after two to three months, and store the remaining one-third for house hold consumption over the next six months. This pattern of sales and home consumption means that the majority of the country’s grain is stored […]
Building Climate Resilience through Postharvest Technologies
Background The ‘Scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture through Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs)’ is a Government of Bihar project implemented by the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Indian Council for Agricultural Research, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (DRPCAU), and Bihar Agricultural University (BAU). The project focuses on […]