Reducing post-harvest loss is essential for both food security and sustainable food systems. Stored products pests often cause quantitative and qualitative ...

Climate change is reshaping crop production systems and threatening the quality and stability of fresh food supplies. At the same time, the rising ...

From 27th to 30 th May 2024, the UN Technology Bank conducted a field assessment mission to The Gambia to better understand the actual constraints and challenges in the cashew nuts sector. The project ...

Post-harvest losses are a significant yet often invisible drain on the global food supply chain. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that around 14% of global ...

Come January, and Amrender Singh, 43, finds himself in a state of panic, while the rest of the world is busy celebrating. His worry: 100 tonnes of wheat. Singh, a farmer from Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan ...

The field of crop and pasture post harvest technologies encompasses a diverse range of innovations aimed at retaining quality, minimising losses and enhancing the economic value of agricultural ...

According to official data accessed by Rising Kashmir, apples recorded a loss of 9.51 per cent in J&K, while egg losses were estimated at 6.08 per cent and maize at 3.92 per cent. The figures are part ...

Nigeria’s annual post-harvest losses, estimated at a staggering N3.5 trillion, are increasingly jeopardising the nation’s food security, prompting calls for urgent intervention by both the Federal ...