Prevention of post-harvest food losses: a training manual

Mnual presents material from a wide range of disciplines associated with the prevention of food losses in, particularly, cereals, pulses, roots and tubers. It is directed at field staff, project supervisors and extension personnel involved in food-loss prevention programmes. The manual should serve as a single-volume reference work on food-loss prevention during storage. While the approach is technical in the sections on drying, processing and loss assessment, the economic and social aspects of food losses are also considered. It is hoped that participants in training workshops will find that the manual meets their basic needs, and that it will be supplemented by detailed worksheets covering special topics (especially for practical work), and by handouts on subjects of particular local importance. [author]