Bananas and Food Security - Bioversity International

Afrique - Africa : A.O. Olorunda
To make food security a reality the current very sizeable losses experienced in the
post harvest marketing systems of these crops must be addressed through appropriate
food preservation and post harvest handling technologies in order to reduce the losses
significantly. What I have tried to do in this presentation therefore, is to highlight some
of our contributions to the loss reduction efforts. It is my hope that these efforts will
contribute to the global drive to make the world food supply more secure.
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