Reducing Postharvest Loss: A Food Systems Approach
Location
Online event
Join ADMI in a webinar series that addresses postharvest loss through food systems research, innovations, and capacity building.
About this event
The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss has spent the last decade promoting innovations, pioneering postharvest food systems research, and building capacity towards better postharvest management.
This webinar series brings together experts from universities, research institutions, non-profits, and the private sector to share best practices, lessons learned, and priorities in postharvest loss reduction.
FOOD SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVES IN POLICY TO ADDRESS POSTHARVEST LOSSES (March 24, 2022)
The food systems approach recognizes that problems of food loss anywhere in a value chain may reflect failures and potential interventions elsewhere in that chain. Join this webinar to hear from three experts who will address the importance of food systems perspectives in policy to address postharvest losses at a national scale.
Webinar information: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar3
Speaker bios: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar3speakerbios
Previous Webinars
ENABLING SUCCESSFUL SCALING OF POSTHARVEST LOSS INNOVATIONS (January 27, 2022)
A decade ago, the technical solutions to postharvest loss seemed to be widely understood; however, widespread adoption has remained a challenge. Join this webinar to hear three innovators from Bangladesh, Ghana, and the United States discuss technologies they have helped develop and key solutions that have enabled adoption and scaling.
Webinar information: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar1
Speaker bios: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar1speakerbios
View Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgldpDGVaQ
IMPORTANCE OF CAPACITY BUILDING IN PROMOTING BETTER POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT (February 23, 2022)
Strengthening institutional and human capacity is a frequently overlooked topic in promoting improved postharvest management. National and local research institutions, non-profits, and farmer cooperatives play critical roles in extension, knowledge sharing, farmer training, and enabling change. Join this webinar to hear success stories of integrating postharvest management training into research institutions and farmer training in Latin America and West Africa.
Webinar information: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar2
Speaker bios: go.illinois.edu/ADMIwebinar2speakerbios
View recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ax0iP42Ub0
Questions? Contact us at postharvestinstitute@illinois.edu