#postharvesttechnology

🍅 From Harvest to Table — Innovating Food Systems

Explore the Post-Harvest Technology & Food Processing session at IPMB 2026 – 2nd International Conference on Plant Science & Molecular Biology hosted by Inovine Scientific Meetings

This session highlights how advanced technologies are transforming the preservation, storage, and processing of agricultural produce—reducing losses, improving food safety, and extending shelf life.

📍 Paris, France 📅 November 23–24, 2026 🌐 Hybrid Event

🔬 Key focus areas: • Post-harvest loss reduction strategies • Food preservation & storage innovations • Quality enhancement techniques • Value addition in agricultural products • Food safety and processing technologies

🌿 Be part of global discussions shaping efficient, sustainable, and resilient food systems.

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Reducing Post-harvest Losses in Grain Supply Chains in Africa

(FAO/World Bank, 2010) Food and Agriculture Organization

A common problem related to PHL in cereals in many countries appeared to be the lack of adequate or suitable drying facilities. A number of interventions were identified for the AfDB to consider but, in line with the latter, the priority is for support for uptake of improved technologies for harvesting, drying, storage and primary processing. Drying facilities are considered particularly important in light of climate change that has sometimes caused wet spells just before harvest resulting in inadequately dried grain leading to mycotoxin formation and poor quality grains.

Source: https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/068075f9-4819-49d3-a9fd-7e85f59a2724

From Farm to Fork: Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss Through Climate-Smart Agriculture

(World Bank, 2017)

There are also considerable economic costs related to post-harvest food loss. For example, the value of grains lost annually in Sub-Saharan Africa alone has been estimated at $4 billion (Figure 3). This exceeds the value of total food aid in that region over the last decade. So it is not surprising that reducing food loss has been hailed as an important way to increase food security, increase income streams for smallholder farmers, and mitigate climate change. Solutions to the problem of food loss, however, are complex and elusive. Each country, region, farmer, and food supply chain has a unique set of problems and potential solutions.

Source: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/ru/719911510727256518/pdf/121269-BRI-EMCompass-Note-47-PUBLIC.pdf

Developing Value Adding Market-led Post-harvest Processing Enteprises in Mozambique

(World Bank, 2013)

In line with the government of Mozambique’s strategies, this document proposes an innovative model with high promise to develop value-adding market led post-harvest processing enterprises and to transform the post harvest-processing sector in Mozambique, while creating sustainable jobs and increasing incomes. The challenge is to ensure coordination across value chains to guarantee that the right conditions are in place for making the Agribusiness Innovation Center (AIC) a success. In this regard, a number of challenges exist: The quality of primary production is highly variable as are the conditions for transportation and storage. •, Local markets are relatively limited and largely confined to Maputo and Beira. •, Entrepreneurship is weak and a pipeline of growth-oriented entrepreneurs is not assured. •, The policy environment is improving, but a strong business enabling environment is not yet in place and post-harvest processing is not well supported.

Source: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/798381468285903847/the-agribusiness-innovation-center-of-mozambique-developing-value-adding-market-led-post-harvest-processing-enterprises-in-mozambique