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Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas

Year of publication 2017

Pages 6p.

Author Nutrition and Food Systems Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of post-harvest losses in supported grain and pulse value chains. The Project identified critical loss points, and supported the piloting of good practice s and solutions to reduce post-harvest losses and improve handling and storage in the pilot countries Burkina Faso, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Project will also support the development of regulatory frameworks covering policy, standards and norms to reduce food losses in food supply chains in each of the countries.

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