Training farmers on proper postharvest vegetable management at Ngolowingo Cooperative, Salima district, Malawi.

Postharvest loss prevention of horticultural crops for enhancing food security in Malawi

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 […]

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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 […]

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Cowpea infested by eggs and adults of C. Maculatus / Photo credit: Sonia Dourlot

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. […]

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Yam barns created from low-cost materials on site at the Crop Research Institute.

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 […]

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Photo credit: Rafael Edwards 2011, Creative Commons license

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 […]

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