In the midst

We are in the midst of the 1st offering of our Consortium graduate course on the practical aspects of post-harvest loss and waste management. We have 35 individuals on 4 continents taking the course with graduate students and young professionals from Brazil, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Guatemala, Bangladesh, and the USA. The Volcani Institute in Israel is the course development lead and we were able to attract 22 amazingly talented experts to contribute course content for this online offering.

Every Thursday, there is a live discussion session on zoom. A few weeks ago, we had a great discussion on grain production and storage across the world with experts: Dr. Dirk E. Maier, Dr. Ricardo Bartosik, and Mr. Joseph Oppong Akowuah. We also had a wonderful session with Dr. Susan Lurie and Dr. Sonia Philosoph-Hadas from the Volcani Institute, who talked about post-harvest disorders in fruit, and senescence and abscission in flowers.