Background

The Global Initiative on Postharvest Technologies, (GIPHT), is an FAO initiative being conducted in collaboration with GFAR and PhAction to evaluate the needs of the postharvest sector. Five regional workshops have been held with the GFAR regional forums to review and define the postharvest research and develpment needs of the partners. It is planned to hold a synthesis meeting at FAO in 2003, to set a new global agenda for the postharvest sector. The information given below is the proceedings of the FARA African meeting held in Entebbe, Uganda, September, 2001.

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Presentations

Postharvest Strategic Development: Background, issues & process GIPHT Meeting: 17th-19th September 2001 Postharvest Sector: Economic Perspective Postharvest Research: process in Uganda. FHI. Mozambique: Development Activities Program The role on Post Harvest Development in Malawi Expert on Communication Dimensionsof the Post-Harvest Sector SADC Priorities Commodities

Papers / Reports

The role of Bunda College of Agriculture in the Post Harvest Sector in Malawi Agenda for GIPhT – GFAR/FAO Meeting on Postharvest strategic development Eastern African Working Papers SWOT Analyses by Sub-region Postharvest from an Agribusiness Stakeholder's perspective Report prepared by Dr. Shaun Ferris (FOODNET coordinator and Dr. Chris Wheatley (consultant) Global initiative for Postharvest Technology Meeting; Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel: 17th -19th September 2001 Paper on ASARECA prepared by Geoffrey Ebong Globalisation and it's impact on postharvest Sector in Africa

Participants for the GFAR / GIPHT Meetings from the 17th -19th September 2001 Inter-regional Maize market intergration in Tanzania Institutional capabilities for Agro-Processing Technologies in Africa. Trends from Nigeria's Livestock Industry Post- harvest Sector Challenges and Opportunities in Ethiopia Shimelis Admassu, Food Technologist, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization Post Harvest treatment of Sorghum(Sorghum bicolor) in Botswana. FAO/GFAR Global Initiative on Post-harvest Technology, Phase 1 Report on the Regional Workshop for Africa Held at Entebbe, Uganda 17-19 September 2001 The SAA- IITA Agro-Processing Project Experience Meeting the Information Requirements of all Targets Groups within the Post-Harvest Sector Feed Processing tecniques available in Nigeria PostHarvest Technologies in Nigeria's Livestock Industry: Status, Challenges and Capacities

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