Postharvest Food Loss and Waste Reduction: Towards Sustainable Food Systems

The Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection will conduct a virtual short course on Postharvest Food Loss and Waste Reduction: Towards Sustainable Food Systems.  The course will cover topics such as Food losses & Waste – Extent, Causes, Impact, Measurement/Tools, Interventions (Technologies, Innovations, Practices, Policies, Strategies, Capacity Building and more)

Dates and Course Delivery Mode Theory Sessions (13 Modules): Virtual (3rd & 4th May 2021) Virtual Practical Sessions: For online participants (5th & 6th May 2021). The course coordinator is Prof. Jane Ambuko

The course facilitators are:

Prof. Linus Opara: Stellenbosch University

Dr. Rosa Rolle, UN, Food and Agriculture Organization

Dr. Dirk Maier, Iowa State University

Dr. Lise Korsten, University of Pretoria

Dr. Craig Hanson, World Resources Institute

Dr. Carola Fabi, UN, Food and Agriculture Organization

Dr. George Abong’ University of Nairobi

Dr. Gloria Essilfie, University of Ghana

Prof. Willis Owino, Jomo Kenyatta Univ. of Agric. & Technology

Prof. Willis Owino, Jomo Kenyatta Univ. of Agric. & Technology

Dr. Vijay Yadav, Postharvest Education Foundation

Dr. Joseph Akowuah Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology

 

The course is hosted by the University of Nairobi with support from the Consortium Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste Reduction.

The Course sponsors are UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems: ARUA-SFS.