Tag:Post-harvest Losses

Agric & Biotech

The GAIN PLAN: Improving Nigeria’s fruit and food yields by cutting down postharvest losses

Estimates from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reveal that almost 40% of all fruits and vegetables in the whole of Africa are lost...

Michael Simire - June 12, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Govt advises farmers on post harvest losses

The Federal Government has advised farmers to partner with experts in the area of agricultural research and development to curtail perennial post harvest losses...

Michael Simire - April 30, 2023

Agric & Biotech

IITA launches post-harvest loss projects in eight states

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, launched a project on reducing post-harvest losses across vitamin A cassava (VAC)...

Michael Simire - May 17, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Post-harvest losses: ActionAid seeks investment in agro-processing, storage, others

ActionAid has tasked the Federal and State Governments to ensure massive investment in agriculture processing, storage facilities, transportation and market access. Azubike Nwokoye, Food and...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Gombe, Kitovu Technology partner to reduce post-harvest losses

An agric-tech organisation, Kitovu Technology, and the Gombe State Government have inaugurated a storage facility to reduce post-harvest losses by smallholder farmers in the...

Michael Simire - February 11, 2022

Agric & Biotech

How Africa can strengthen food security, curb post-harvest losses

African experts have expressed the need for national governments and regional bodies to adopt effective policies and technology-driven interventions to reduce post-harvest losses stifling...

Michael Simire - September 19, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Mitigating post-harvest losses via preservation, processing

Post-harvest losses have always been a challenge to farmers and threat to food security. Unarguably food security could be enhanced through preservation and processing...

Michael Simire - May 23, 2021

Renewable Energy

Group unveils solar dryer to curb post-harvest losses

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Developmental Association for Renewable Energies (DARE), has introduced the first Solar-Bubble-Dryer (SBD) for Nigerian farmers, to enable them reduce post-harvest...

Michael Simire - January 15, 2021