Extension specialists and trainers: still the weakest links in our efforts to reduce postharvest losses
Extension specialists and trainers: still the weakest links in our efforts to reduce postharvest losses By Dr. Lisa Kitinoja, founder of The Postharvest Education Foundation 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 […]
PHL Scholar Report: A Glance into Global Collaboration
PHL Scholar Report: A Glance into Global Collaboration By Anna Kanfer, PHL Scholar and University of Illinois sophomore, majoring in agriculture and consumer economics, emphasis in public policy and law 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 […]
Understanding postharvest loss – calling on community of experts to share what you know: Prevent PHL Blog campaign
Understanding postharvest loss – calling on community of experts to share what you know: Prevent PHL Blog campaign What has remained a top recommendation for how to prevent postharvest losses around the world? A better understanding of the issues. In October 2015, a new community was formed of people who have that understanding. […]
PHL Learning Journey with the Rockefeller Foundation: Key Elements to Success
PHL Learning Journey with the Rockefeller Foundation: Key Elements to Success by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Between January 2014 and September 2015, the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss (ADMI) has been conducting a Global Learning Assessment focused on postharvest loss reduction. The analysis was […]
Women and Postharvest Loss
Women and Postharvest Loss by Grace Kenney, Project Assistant, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Women are highly engaged in postharvest activities. Therefore, it is important to understand how efforts to reduce postharvest loss (PHL) can affect their welfare. Understanding how to bridge the gender gap and provide appropriate interventions can help to […]
Postharvest Loss: A Hidden Tax on Smallholders
Postharvest Loss: A Hidden Tax on Smallholders by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Much of what I know about farming was learned growing up on a small Iowa farm. My parents devoted considerable attention to producing our crops and livestock. However, considerable attention also was focused on the […]
A Tale of Two Markets: Insights about the Different Ways Products Reach Consumers in India
A Tale of Two Markets: Insights about the Different Ways Products Reach Consumers in India By: Sarina Zhou and Jamie Dalton, senior and sophomore in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 23, 2015. During the second […]
Hearing from Locals on Farming in South India: Day 1
Hearing from Locals on Farming in South India: Day 1 By: Joe Goley and Korawat (Kay) Tanwisuth, Sophomores in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 21, 2015. We started the first of our nine-day journey with […]
Things Are Heating Up in India: Day 2
Things Are Heating Up in India: Day 2 By: Shannon Dolehide and Ashley McInerney, Juniors in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 22, 2015. When we signed up for the 2015 Agricultural Supply Chains in […]
Mitigating Postharvest Loss: Addressing Causes Rather than Symptoms
Mitigating Postharvest Loss: Addressing Causes Rather than Symptoms by Steve Sonka, Research Professor, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Recognition that reducing postharvest loss is an important opportunity to enhance global food security is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, on September 1, 1975, then US Secretary […]
