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PHL Scholar Report: Food supply shortage answers don’t always lie in science

By Kara 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 blog campaign. For more from Congress attendees, visit this link. For more from our PHL Scholars, look […]

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An orange trader in Aliade, Benue State, Nigeria / Sarem Ugoh, University of Nottingham

I’m not a farmer why should I care??

By Sarem Ugoh, Postgraduate research student, School of Geography, The University of Nottingham, 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. Pasta. Gelato. Admirable architecture. These defined my visit to Rome – well […]

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William Lanier and Lola Gaparova during the poster session.

Postharvest losses can be reduced from all supply chain stages

By Lola Gaparova, Senior Participatory Extension Workshop Facilitator, USAID Farmer Advisory Services, Tajikistan 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 First International Congress was a very successful, first-of-its kind, high-level forum […]

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Grain spillage at Chitongo Rural Depot, Namwala District, Zambia / D. Mungule Chikoye, May 2012

Bags2Bulk training course in Zambia

By Daudi Mungule Chikoye, Zambian Centre for Long Life Learning Ltd. 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. Stored grain losses in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region excluding South Africa range […]

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PHL Scholar Report: Gelato and postharvest loss

By Alyssa Volland, University of Illinois junior, majoring in animal science 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 in a series of posts. For more from Congress […]

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PHL Scholar Report: Eyes open to a global problem

By Matthew Niewiara, University of Illinois sophomore, 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 in a series of posts. For more from […]

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Working to save apricots in Tajikistan

By Umeda Nabieva, ISD Consulting, Tajikistan 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. My parents told me during my childhood that I should not waste food. If we throw away any food, […]

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Postharvest issues in Mauritius: farming community supported by research and extension center

By Roop Soodha Munbodh, research scientist at the Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI), Mauritius 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. Postharvest losses of vegetables and fruits have been estimated […]

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Delivering moisture testing to growers: calibrating practices to match science

By William Lanier, NeverIdle Farms Consulting, Ghana 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 2015 PHL Congress needed only 3 days in Rome to bullet “Deliver moisture testing to growers.” Soon […]

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Postharvest technology dissemination activities in northern Tanzania

By Odette Ngulu, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives, Tanzania 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 Northern Zone Agricultural Research for Development Institute (NZARDI) in Arusha, is a non-profit […]

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