PHL Scholars: Improving nutrition by reducing grain contamination and losses
PHL Scholars: Improving nutrition by reducing grain contamination and losses Educating future generations of postharvest loss researchers and practitioners is an important part of ADMI’s mission. To that end, ADMI developed the Postharvest Loss Reduction Scholarship (PHL Scholar) program that funds master’s and doctoral students conducting cutting-edge postharvest loss-related research in different departments at the […]
Developing Low-Cost Nutritional Testing for Fortified Foods
Spectral Analysis to Remove Mycotoxin Contaminated Grain
[trx_title picture="8741" image_size="medium" position="left" left="25px"] Small-scale kernel sorting to remove mycotoxin-contaminated maize from the food supply [/trx_title][trx_title] Background [/trx_title] 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 [...] Food fortification research addresses profound global problem
Food fortification research addresses profound global problem The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) recently released the 2018 Global Nutrition Report, focusing on malnutrition, a problem that can take many forms. Estimates from the World Health Organization in 2006 suggested that at least one third of the global population suffers from some form of micronutrient […]
