Under the leadership of Dr. Paul McNamara and Jingru Jia, and in collaboration with Njala University, our team from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, engaged with over 400 households in Sierra Leone to understand their perceptions and potential adoption of PICS bags, a solution to post-harvest losses.
“We are putting our three kids through university on chili peppers, rice, and cacao!” says Musirah.
While previous research has studied the effectiveness of postharvest loss reduction technologies, the ADMI team found two issues that needed further investigation.
University of Illinois and BAU researchers with women’s group members in Bangladesh.
Experimental Training Hub helps Njala University fight postharvest loss By Paul McNamara, Professor, University of Illinois Two years of funding from ADMI has helped the
Refining single-kernel maize sorting to reduce mycotoxin contamination By Ruben Chavez, PHL Scholar My research focuses on single-kernel spectral identification of mycotoxins in corn. I
Scaling postharvest technologies to women farmers in Ghana By Dr. Anna Snider, AgReach at the University of Illinois Gender is a theme that has implications
ADMI hosts trainees from Bangladesh Ministry of Food The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss recently hosted a two-week short course for persons
ADM Cares supports 3 ADMI projects for 2022-23 Three postharvest loss-related research projects totaling $120,000 were recently selected for funding through ADM Cares, ADM’s social
Food Systems Perspectives in Policy to Address Postharvest Losses By Bradley Brinkley, Global Food Security Fellow, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss The ADMI
Importance of Capacity Building in Promoting Better Postharvest Management By Bradley Brinkley, Global Food Security Fellow, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Research institutions,
Building capacity in the field: Angelique’s story By Angelique Uwamahoro, co-founder of Food Sustainability Initiative, Rwanda I was very fortunate to participate in a postharvest
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