Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses – which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually – would reduce global food insecurity, according to researchers at McGill University.
Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses – which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually – would reduce global food insecurity, according to researchers at McGill University.
“We can make a significant dent in global food insecurity by reducing food loss through better storage, transportation and processing practices,” said Vijaya Raghavan, Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering and co-author of Practical Engineering Education to Address Sustainability and Food Security, a chapter published in the book Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education in September 2024.
Due to lack of technology, financial resources, education and infrastructure, lower-income countries are at an increased risk of suffering post-harvest food losses.
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