FAO/WB Report - Stemming post-harvest waste crucial to African food security
Investing in post-harvest technologies to reduce food losses could significantly increase the food supply in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new FAO/World Bank report released today as technical experts from around the region meet to discuss the issue.
The report, Missing Food: The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa, produced in collaboration with the UK's Natural Resources Institute, estimates the value of post-harvest grain losses in sub-Saharan Africa at around $4 billion a year. (...)
The article:
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/79444/icode/
More about:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38548&Cr=FAO&Cr1=
Sull'argomento:
http://www.georgofili.info/detail.aspx?id=450
http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=10600
The Report:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTARD/Resources/MissingFoods10_web.pdf
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