Sustainability Literacy for Farmers
Background The Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gies College of Business has pioneered the area of inquiry and practice entitled subsistence marketplaces over the last two decades. This initiative takes a bottom-up approach to the study of the intersection of low-income individuals and marketplaces—developing unique synergies between research, teaching, and […]
ADM Cares supports 5 projects through ADMI for 2020-21
ADM Cares supports 5 projects through ADMI for 2020-21 Five postharvest loss-related research projects totaling nearly $158,000 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. All five proposals accommodate the new realities of the global […]
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 […]
ADMI partners work to help farmers during pandemic
ADMI partners work to help farmers during pandemic Although the crops have grown well in India and Bangladesh this year, a complication in the form of a global pandemic now threatens what should have been a successful spring harvest season. India and Bangladesh have both been under lockdown since late March. Movement restrictions have helped […]
Going out the field: ADMI staff visit projects in India, Bangladesh
Going out the field: ADMI staff visit projects in India, Bangladesh Following the ADMI-IFPRI forum on improving grain storage in New Delhi on February 5, ADMI staff members traveled to Bihar and Bangladesh to visit our research partners and see projects in progress. Alex Winter-Nelson, ADMI Director; Maria Jones, ADMI Associate Director; and Sarah Schwartz, […]
Demand and Pricing Policy for Improved Storage Technology
Demand and Pricing Policy for Improved Storage Technology By Pallavi Shukla, pshukla4(at)jhu.edu Research shows that access to improved storage technology can play both direct and indirect role in increasing smallholder farmers’ incomes. In a large field experiment in the state of Bihar in India, we find that having access to improved storage technology helped smallholder […]
ADMI receives funding for 5 projects through ADM Cares
ADMI receives funding for 5 projects through ADM Cares Five postharvest loss-related research projects totaling $128,000 were selected recently 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. Postharvest loss experimental training hub at Njala University, Sierra Leone, AgReach: […]
ADMI hosts faculty scholars from Haryana Ag University
ADMI hosts faculty scholars from Haryana Ag University This summer, the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss and the College of ACES Office of International Programs have hosted three faculty members from Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) in India. Sangeeta Chahal, Vijay Singh, and Yadvika have been at the University of Illinois since the […]
