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Highlights of the project "Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas

Jointly implemented by the United Nations Rome-based agencies

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author FAO, IFAD and WFP

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This brochure highlights the achievements and results of a project jointly developed and implemented by the three United Nations (UN) Rome-based agencies (RBA) FAO, IFAD, and WFP from 2013 to 2020, funded by the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency contributes towards the AU Malabo declaration and SDG targets for the reduction of post-harvest losses. The project had a global reach through a dynamic web-based Community of Practice (CoP) on the food loss reduction (FLR) platform that facilitates access to knowledge, as well as activities at the national level in three countries: Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The UN RBA joint project has supported the reduction of food loss in selected grain value chains in each of these countries and implemented a multidimensional approach designed to effectively tackle the interrelated causes of food losses.

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