PHL Learning Journey with the Rockefeller Foundation: Key Elements to Success
PHL Learning Journey with the Rockefeller Foundation: Key Elements to Success by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Between January 2014 and September 2015, the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss (ADMI) has been conducting a Global Learning Assessment focused on postharvest loss reduction. The analysis was […]
Women and Postharvest Loss
Women and Postharvest Loss by Grace Kenney, Project Assistant, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Women are highly engaged in postharvest activities. Therefore, it is important to understand how efforts to reduce postharvest loss (PHL) can affect their welfare. Understanding how to bridge the gender gap and provide appropriate interventions can help to […]
Postharvest Loss: A Hidden Tax on Smallholders
Postharvest Loss: A Hidden Tax on Smallholders by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Much of what I know about farming was learned growing up on a small Iowa farm. My parents devoted considerable attention to producing our crops and livestock. However, considerable attention also was focused on the […]
Mitigating Postharvest Loss: Addressing Causes Rather than Symptoms
Mitigating Postharvest Loss: Addressing Causes Rather than Symptoms by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Recognition that reducing postharvest loss is an important opportunity to enhance global food security is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, on September 1, 1975, then US Secretary […]
