By Jacinta Nyaika, lecturer, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources-Bunda Campus, Malawi 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 Department of Horticulture at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) -Bunda […]
Postharvest loss prevention of horticultural crops for enhancing food security in Malawi
The global postharvest startup
by Nigel Banks, Postharvest.Co Limited, New Zealand 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. OK, we’ve finally woken up with a bump to realise that we have a short window to avoid massive […]
Focus on research in post-harvest storage of cowpea in Burkina Faso
By Antoine Sanon (University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Clémentine Dabiré (Laboratoire d’entomologie agricole de Kamboinsé, Burkina Faso), and Dieudonné Baritbusa and Larry Murdock (Purdue University, USA) 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. […]
How understanding the biology of the crop can help us reduce losses of yams during on-farm storage in West Africa
By Dr. Debbie Rees, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, 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. Yam (Dioscorea spp) is a key staple crop in West Africa. Tubers may be stored […]
Positive results in procedures to prevent postharvest fruit losses
By L. Antonio Liziana, CEPOC (Postharvest Study Center), Facultad Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile 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 case of table grapes for export: Chile is today (2015) one of the […]