Reducing Postharvest Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
146
Name of project Target
crop/
product
Name of lead
organisation
Country Starting
year
Website
Center for food technology and
research
Cereals ,
vegetables
, tubes, fish
Benue state
university
Nigeria 2014
AgResults on-farm grain
storage pilot
Maize ASI - Andrew
Gatheca
Kenya 2015
TCP/BGD/3404: Establishing
Breeding and Postharvest
Laboratory of Mushroom in
National Mushroom
Development and Extension
Centre.
Mushroom FAO Banglades
h
2014
GTFS/BGD/041/ITA: Food
Security through Enhanced
Agricultural Production
Diversified Sources of Income,
Value Addition and Marketing
in Bangladesh.
Grains,
field crops,
fruits and
vegetables
FAO Banglades
h
2014
Feed The Future programme UC Davis,
USAID
Banglades
h
Projects and Programs – Root and Tuber Crops
reports projects mentioned by participants in the online survey. The authors have not
confirmed the validity of the projects and this list may omit many other projects.
Table 75: Projects on root and tuber crops
Name of project Target
crop/prod
uct
Name of lead
organisation
Countr
y
Startin
g year
Website
Grains from Losses of root
and tuber crops
Cassava and
Yam
NRI UK 2012 www.fp7-
Cassava: Adding Value for
Africa I and II
Cassava NRI UK 2008-
2019
and
Biomassweb project Cassava IITA Nigeria 2013
IITA Postharvest Unit Cassava International
Institute of Tropical
Agriculture
Nigeria Since
1990s
production of animal feed
with dried peel pellets
Cassava/gari ILRI Nigeria 2014 -
production of fish feed
from cassava waste
Cassava/gari GCP21 USA 2015 -
Projects and Programs - Oilseeds and Pulses
No current projects mentioned by online respondents.
Projects and Programs. Fruit and Vegetables
reports projects mentioned by participants in the online survey. The authors have not
confirmed the validity of the projects and this list may omit many other projects.