ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss

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Animating extension: How Illinois researchers are using modern ICTs to impact society

Animating extension: How Illinois researchers are using modern ICTs to impact society By:  Kari Wozniak & Elizabeth Engele, ADM Institute True to its mission as a land-grant university, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a renowned leader in research, extension, and public engagement. Its long-standing tradition of making high-quality knowledge available to the public […]

Panel Discusses What Matters in PHL Partnerships

Panel Discusses What Matters in PHL Partnerships By: Kari Wozniak & Lizzy Engele, ADM Institute  How will we overcome the greatest challenge in human history? This was the question posed to us at this year’s World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue. In Des Moines, Iowa, symposium-goers rallied behind three I’s to answer this question – through […]

Combating Postharvest Loss for Smallholders: How to Achieve Sustainable Adoption?

Combating Postharvest Loss for Smallholders: How to Achieve Sustainable Adoption? By Steve Sonka and Grace Kenney The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss is currently working on a learning assessment of global food loss as part of a grant funded with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation for the Waste and Spoilage in […]

Save the Date for The First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention

Save the Date for The First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention By: Kari Wozniak & Kevin Glauber, ADM Institute By 2050, we will need to feed billions more people using less natural resources. Though no less important, this is not an unfamiliar fact. Another fact not unfamiliar is that each year 1/3 of all […]

New Practice-Based Tool for Making Decisions on Investment in PHL Reduction

New Practice-Based Tool for Making Decisions on Investment in PHL Reduction by Casey Cheng and Kari A. Wozniak If you were going to invest resources into reducing postharvest losses within a supply chain, where exactly would you invest them? Would you begin with building better storage, or perhaps buying a mechanical dryer? These types of […]

Loss-Free Agriculture – Science or an Art?

Loss-Free Agriculture – Science or an Art? by Steve Sonka, Ag Economist & Research Professor at the ADM Institute In early May 2014, I was asked to speak at the 2nd Annual UN FAO SAVE FOOD Congress in Dusseldorf, Germany, on the suggested topic, “Agricultural Management: The Art of Loss Free Agriculture”. That title caused me […]

For research project, ADMI calling for success stories on PHL interventions via online survey

For research project, ADMI calling for success stories on PHL interventions via online survey by ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss There’s no doubt – awareness about postharvest loss is increasing. While decision-makers worldwide continue to learn about the important impact of postharvest loss (PHL) reduction on food security, environmental sustainability, and rural livelihoods, […]

How Technology Alone Won’t Curb Postharvest Losses

How Technology Alone Won’t Curb Postharvest Losses by Dr. Prasanta Kalita, Director of the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss Estimates suggest that 1/3 of all food is lost or wasted after it is grown in supply chains and at the consumer level. In many developing countries, this happens at especially high rates […]

Are Farmers with Postharvest Loss Acting Rationally?

Are Farmers with Postharvest Loss Acting Rationally? by Steve Sonka, Ag Economist Events vs. Structure External observers of postharvest loss in developing countries typically have little difficulty identifying loss and waste.  Indeed each winter the ADM Institute contributes to the travel funding for University of Illinois business and agricultural engineering students to study in rural […]