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 […]
Reducing rice post-harvest losses in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA)
Reducing rice post-harvest losses in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) By Sali Atanga Ndindeng, Africa Rice Center, Benin 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. Paddy rice production in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in 2014 […]
PEF workshop in Costa Rica on the assessment of postharvest losses
PEF workshop in Costa Rica on the assessment of postharvest losses By Dr. Hala Chahine-Tsouvalakis, Director, The Postharvest Education Foundation 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 Postharvest Education Foundation was […]
Postharvest loss = Nutrition loss
Postharvest loss = Nutrition loss By Roberta Lauretti-Bernhard, Senior Technical Advisor GAIN-Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 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. One-third of the food produced globally is lost or […]
PHL Scholar Report: Illinois freshman goes to Rome in first semester, dream school exceeding expectations
PHL Scholar Report: Illinois freshman goes to Rome in first semester, dream school exceeding expectations By Alex Brockamp, University of Illinois freshman, studying agricultural and biological engineering Seven University of Illinois students were sponsored to attend the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy. They have written about their experiences for the #PreventPHL […]
Should we adopt supply chain waste as postharvest losses?
Should we adopt supply chain waste as postharvest losses? By Dr. Tim Fox, Chair, IMechE Food and Drink Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, 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 posts in the series, click here. It […]
PHL Scholar Report: First semester, first international trip
PHL Scholar Report: First semester, first international trip By Chelsea Peterson, University of Illinois freshman, studying agricultural and biological engineering Seven University of Illinois students were sponsored to attend the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy. They have written about their experiences for the #PreventPHL blog campaign. This is the first […]
