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• Rome: A New era of Post-Harvest Loss Prevention 

  Wandke, Kevin (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016)

  As the world’s population continues to grow, existing methods of food production are becoming increasingly stressed and incapable of meeting food requirements. Most research to solve this problem focuses on increasing the ...

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• Reducing Postharvest Loss in All Areas of the Production Chain 

  Volland, Alyssa (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016)

  In today’s world, 30% of the food produced is wasted. That food could be used to nourish millions facing food scarcity and hunger. Food lost during the production chain is referred to as postharvest loss. Reducing postharvest ...

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• Preliminary modeling of light availability in a diverse agroforestry system using a spatially explicit forest simulator 

  Stanek, Erik; Wolz, Kevin; Lovell, Sarah Taylor (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016)

  Researchers theorize there is a particular spacing within and between rows that maximizes light capture given size, shape, and opacity of woody species in diverse agroforestry systems (DAS). Studies of these mixed perennial ...

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• Developing International Connections and Consensus to Reduce Postharvest Loss 

  Peterson, Chelsea (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016)

  The ADM Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign held the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy to bring together various researchers and people from organizations around ...

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• Postharvest Loss: Global Collaboration Needed to Solve a Global Problem 

  Niewiara, Matthew (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016)

  In early October 2015, the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention was held in Rome, Italy. Individuals from more than 62 countries were in attendance representing academia, corporations, and various ...

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