Reducing Postharvest Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
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Table 76: Projects on fruit and vegetables
Name of project Target
crop/prod
uct
Name of
lead
organisa
tion
Countr
y
Starting
year
Website
Postharvest Loss Alliance for
Nutrition (PLAN)
Tomatoes,
other
vegetables,
perishables
Global
Alliance for
Improved
Nutrition
Nigeria 2015
Farmer Advisory services in
Tajikistan
Vegetables
and fruits
USAID
grantee
Tajikistan 2013
completed
2015
-
Value chain development
project
Hort crops Udayana
University,
Dr. I Made
Utama
Indonesia recently -
AGLinks Grape DAI - USAID
Funded
project
Uzbekista
n
2011 -
Projects and Programs - Meat and meat products
No current projects mentioned by online respondents
Projects and Programs - Milk and Dairy products
ICARDA led a project (Village based seed enterprises) on losses involving milk and dairy
products and cereals in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2014.
Projects and Programs - Fish and Seafood products
No current projects mentioned by online respondents
5.4.3. Suggestions from Participants of the Online Survey for Reducing Postharvest
Food Losses
The experts who participated in the online survey were invited to give suggestions for
reducing postharvest losses. The list is not intended to be extensive but indicates a number of
generic issues along with commodity group specific ones.
Generic suggestions
A number of suggestions were received from the online survey which were generic in that they
applied across value chains and commodity groups. These are summarised in Table 77 which
groups the suggestions into those related to policy, infrastructure, value chain effectiveness,
research and communication and promotion. A detailed discussion of these suggestions is
beyond the scope of this study since the factors that will be important will vary from country
to country according the contribution of the commodity groups to the national economy,
health of the population etc.