post-harvest
No Stones, No Grit! A game-changing technology to process small grain introduced in Zimbabwe
Capacity development
A locally made, affordable multi-crop thresher offers a convenient post-harvest processing option for smallholder farmers.
Examining how insects spread toxic fungi
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT leads international collaboration to monitor invasive pests attacking post-harvest crops and the propagation of toxic fungi.
Why we need to go beyond technology
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Rural 21 (11 Dec 2023)
Sylvanus Odjo and Heike Ostermann highlight systemic scaling up of post-harvest technologies.
Solar powered dryers boost peanut production in Togo
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The introduction of new technology has enabled farmers in West Africa to improve the quality and minimize losses of a national staple.
Adaptation, Demonstration and Piloting of Wheat Technologies for Irrigated Lowlands of Ethiopia (ADAPT-Wheat)
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Who benefits?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Study explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The beginning of a beautiful partnership
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Experts discuss solutions to postharvest losses and how agricultural mechanization can benefit rural women in the Global South.
Beyond breeding: the potential of improved postharvest storage techniques for smallholder farmers
Nutrition, health and food security
Two-year study reveals techniques to strengthen Mexican smallholder farmers’ food security.
Breaking Ground: Sylvanus Odjo finds the right technology for each farmer
Innovations
CIMMYT postharvest specialist tests drying and storage technologies to help reduce grain losses.
Preventing post-harvest losses key to food security
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Zambia Daily Mail (26 Nov 2019)
Poor post harvest management is one of the key constraints to improving food and nutritional security in Africa.
New postharvest storage technologies for Latin America
Nutrition, health and food security
New technologies presented at the 2nd Latin American Convention on Airtight Storage in Guatemala.