Description
It is estimated that around 1.3 billion tons per year of food produced for human consumption, which is about one-third of all food produced, is either lost or wasted globally. Reduction of the postharvest losses is being considered as one of the sustainable ways to ensure world food security.
Postharvest Extension and Capacity Building for the Developing World provides information on postharvest extension/outreach programs, capacity building, and practical methodologies for postharvest extension professionals and food science teachers, food processing trainers, and outreach specialists who work in the field.
The book provides information on training of postharvest trainers, food loss assessment methods, capacity building in universities and agro-industry, distance education methods, models for cost effective postharvest/food processing extension work, success stories, and lessons learned from past projects and programs.
The book is divided into four sections. Section I explains postharvest loss assessments methods, Section II is on capacity building, and Sections III and IV focus on training and postharvest extension models. Food loss assessment methodologies are highlighted from several high-profile institutions and it is envisioned that researchers and postharvest extension personnel will benefit from the development and field testing of a hybrid methodology, incorporating the strengths and utilizing the best practices from each of the methodologies in current use. Chapters cover postharvest extension work and capacity building in a wide range of regions.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
SEC I FLW ASSESSMENTS METHODS
1 Current status of food loss assessment measurements and methodologies
Lisa Kitinoja
2 Capacity building in postharvest loss assessment, postharvest training and innovations for reducing losses: Challenges and opportunities in the Caribbean
Majeed Mohammed and Lisa Kitinoja
3 Commodity Systems Assessment Methodology (CSAM): History and current status
Karol Alpizar Ugalde
SEC II CAPACITY BUILDING
4 Postharvest education, training and capacity building (2010-2017): A critical review
Lisa Kitinoja and Vijay Yadav Tokala
5 Enhancing postharvest capacity in national extension systems and advisory services
Lisa Kitinoja and Jorge M. Fonseca
6 The World Food Preservation Center LLC
Charles L. Wilson
7 Reducing postharvest loss and waste in fruits and vegetables: Amity’s Initiatives
Sunil Saran and Neeru Dubey
8 Training women on reducing postharvest losses of fresh fruits and vegetables in Egypt
Saneya Mohamed Ali El Neshawy
9 Investing in postharvest and food processing training, equipment and value addition for reducing food losses in Tanzania
Bertha Mjawa
SEC III TRAININGS
10 Global Postharvest E-learning Programs via The Postharvest Education Foundation
Deirdre Holcroft and Devon Zagory
11 Creation of postharvest and food processing videos for extension of postharvest technologies
Diane M. Barrett
12 Scientific Animation Without Borders: Addressing Educational Gaps in Postharvest Loss
Julia Bello-Bravo, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, and Barry R. Pittendrigh
13 Development, Demonstration and Utility of Stored Grain Saving Technologies: A case study in India
S. Mohan
SEC IV POSTHARVEST EXTENSION MODELS
14 ADMI Village: The research in action
Alex Winter-Nelson, Mindy Spencer, Sarah Schwartz and Ashley Nagele
15 Lessons Learned from a Postharvest Training and Services Center in Arusha, Tanzania.
Ngoni Nenguwo, Roseline Marealle, and Radegunda Kessy
16 Farmer Advisory Services in Tajikistan (FAST): Agriculture Extension Program to Prevent Postharvest Losses and Improve Nutrition
Lola Gaparova and Andrea B. Bohn
17 Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre: Building and strengthening linkages between postharvest professionals and emerging horticulture sector in India
B.V.C. Mahajan
18 Monitoring and Evaluation practices for improving postharvest extension projects
Lisa Kitinoja and Devon Zagory
19 Summary and Conclusions
Majeed Mohammed and Vijay T. Yadav
