Global Donor Platform - Postharvest losses

Postharvest losses and food waste

This thematic group is working on how best to spread inter-institutional learning on postharvest loss reduction.

Global objective__ To engage with and explore the possibilities for donors to tackle post-harvest losses and food waste

Download the Platform workplan 2013 as pdf

Objective	Output 1 Knowledge sharing (internal)	Output 2 Advocacy (external)	Lead	Secretariat’s tasks
Strengthen the knowledge base and the approach to postharvest losses and food waste reduction among practitioners	O1) Members exchange about PHL and food waste approaches O2) GIZ informs about PHL repository and shares documents		GIZ	O1) Facilitate information exchange via telephone conferences, interviews, website etc. O2) Install repository on Platform website

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Noordwijkerhout 29 Sep 2013 - 2 Oct 2013

Paris 7 Oct 2013 - 8 Oct 2013

Rural 21 international journal__ New approaches to food losses needed

Frankfurt, 11 Apr 2013. The debate on rising food prices and the use of limited resources has placed food losses high on the political agenda again. Can the lessons learnt still be used...

Robert van Otterdijk__ Save Food: addressing food losses along supply chains

Food security is one of the most pressing issues worldwide. Minimising food losses and waste along supply chains can make a big difference to better the situation. 'Save Food'...