“I Saw What They Could Do, And I Joined Them!” – Building the Skills of Female-Led Farmer Groups in Indonesia By Anna Snider Earlier this
ADMI hosts Gulati for panel discussion, lecture, and book launch A renowned expert on Indian policy visited University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this fall to join
Addressing Postharvest Loss in the Congo ADMI Associate Director Anna Snider met last week with representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, representatives of
Forty-Eight of Indonesia’s Extension Workers Trained to Empower Female Farmers By Anna Snider As part of ADMI’s ADM Cares-funded Empowering Smallholders in Indonesia through Strengthening
Focus on the Farmers for Resilient Global Value Chains By Anna Snider Smallholder farmers play a vital role in sustaining their communities, feeding their countries,
Using microplasma-based lamps to fight PHL in cereal Cereal crops are a main source of nutrition for humans and animals worldwide. However, they are hard-hit
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Hellen Keller’s words were never truer than in international research collaborations. International research is not possible without strong partnerships. My recent trip to Indonesia was all about strengthening existing partnerships and building new ones.
ADM Cares, the social investment program of ADM, has funded two additional postharvest-loss related projects that will build on the previous work of the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss (ADMI), which is housed in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois.
Under the leadership of Dr. Paul McNamara and Jingru Jia, and in collaboration with Njala University, our team from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, engaged with over 400 households in Sierra Leone to understand their perceptions and potential adoption of PICS bags, a solution to post-harvest losses.
“We are putting our three kids through university on chili peppers, rice, and cacao!” says Musirah.
While previous research has studied the effectiveness of postharvest loss reduction technologies, the ADMI team found two issues that needed further investigation.
University of Illinois and BAU researchers with women’s group members in Bangladesh.
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