Reducing On-Farm Food Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
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for production, harvesting, and handling losses for many types of food crops and animal-based
foods.
The Capacity Building for Food Loss Reduction in the Near East (FAO) covers Lebanon, Egypt,
Jordan and Iran with different value chain selected for each country. It is scheduled to begin in
2015-16. In addition, key informants provided information on activities targeting reduction of
food losses in seven OIC Member Countries in the Arab Group.
5.1.3. Projects and Programs for the Asian Group
The Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional Network for Vegetable Systems Research and
Development was established by AVRDC in 2005. It aims to assist the development of market-
oriented vegetable production systems and promote improved national vegetable research
strategies. The network includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
A national workshop on post-harvest fish losses in Indonesia entitled Fish Loss Assessments:
Causes and Solution Case studies in the Small-scale Fisheries in Indonesia was organized in
November 2015 under the partnership between Koperasi Artha Mina (KAM) of the Research
and Development Center for Marine and Fisheries Processing Product and Biotechnology
(RDCMFPPB), Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research and Development (AMFRD), theMMAF,
and FAO as an activity of the FAO program “Global Initiative on Food Loss andWaste Reduction."
In addition, key informants provided information on activities targeting reduction of food losses
in seven OIC Member Countries in the Arab Group.
5.1.4. Projects and Programs for the African Group (Sub-Saharan Africa)
AVRDC has been working on a project to improve vegetable production in 10 West African
countries including the OIC Member Countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Mali,
Niger and Senegal mainly focusing on new varieties. During the last six years about 2,500 African
Market Garden units were disseminated with the technical support of ICRISAT.
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) is a
program funded and managed by Feed the Future, IITA, IFPRI, CGIAR and the International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Two of their three projects cover many countries including
the OIC Member Countries. Project 1 looks at cereal-legume-livestock based farming systems in
the Guinea-Sudano-Savannah Zone of West Africa and Project 3 examines maize-legume-
livestock integrated farming systems in East and Southern Africa focusing on more productive
systems with seeds and production practices.
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) to reduce food losses in Africa
recently led a series of workshops and loss assessments in Nigeria, Uganda and several other
countries, then identified and vetted hundreds of potential solutions for losses of fruits,