An online discussion of Nigeria’s PHL issues by GIZ Advisor Heike Ostermann and members of the Global Donor Platform was posted on YouTube, highlighting GIZ projects specifically. In addition, notes from the discussion illustrate how involved organizations are sharing knowledge and conducting outreach in terms of PHL information. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpDUKiRfJM http://www.donorplatform.org/postharvest-losses/latest
Rs 15 bn Required for Uplift of Agri Sector: Member Export ICCI
Pakistan’s PHL losses are between 40-80%, as compared to that of the global benchmark. Wheat is 20% lower and non-basmati rice is 40% lower. Experts are estimating that 15 billion rupees are required to uplift the agricultural sector. http://www.onepakistan.com/finance/news/general/10220-rs-15-bn-required-for-uplift-of-agri-sector-member-export-icci.html
Photo Contest on Postharvest Loss Prevention
Philmech, the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, is organizing the first-ever photo conteston Postharvest Loss Reduction in the Philippines, to celebrate its 35th anniversary. http://www.philmech.gov.ph/?page=news&action=details&code01=AP12070001
Cambodia Fact Sheet
Feed the Future has published a fact sheet on Cambodian agriculture and PHL issues, illustrating its goals and target regions in the SE Asian country. (PDF) http://www.feedthefuture.gov/sites/default/files/country/strategies/files/ftf_factsheet_cambodia_jul2012.pdf
KENYA Food Security Outlook
Kenyan news sources report that despite a new disease affecting its maize crop, production will increase in the future due to rains brought on by El Nino. However, transportation infrastructure may suffer, hindering access to markets. The food insecure population is expected to increase as well. http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/kenya%20july-december%202012%20outlook%20report_final_1.pdf
New Australian International Food Security Centre Seeks Partnerships in Africa
The Australian International Food Security Centre is focusing on African countries, with funds of 33 million AUD to contribute toward food production projects over the next four years. The Centre is looking to collaborate with national and international partners, researchers, extension workers, in both the public and private sectors to improve smallholder African farms’, markets’, […]
UN Urges Asia to Cut Post-Harvest Losses
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido) is urging Asian nations to reduce their PHL. This statement was made at a recent ASEAN meeting, in which Asian PHL has been estimated to be around 30% of yearly food production, and valued at about $5 billion. Rice in particular is plagued by rodents, which cause about […]
Partnership for Resilience to Food Crises in the Sahel
Monique Calon, Senior Policy Advisor for Food Security and Private Sector Development at the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses in a video interview food security issues in the Sahel and the Netherlands’ approaches to ameliorating them. http://www.donorplatform.org/climate-change/interviews/732-monique-calon-on-new-partnership-for-resilience-in-the-sahel.html
Missing Food – The Grain Postharvest Losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Natural Resources Institute presented these slides at the Brussels Rural Development Briefings last month. http://brusselsbriefings.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/brussels-briefing-2-nri.ppt
Grain Storage Technologies to Reduce Post-Harvest Losses
Grain banks in Malawi are helping to reduce PHL. Effectively helping to store harvested grain before being taken to the market, this particular grain bank is helping over 4,000 farmers to avoid the losses caused by pests and rodents that had before destroyed much of the harvested crops. The FAO has helped to set up […]