Postharvest losses termed key contributor to food insecurity
Experts highlight need for bio-controls, infrastructure upgrades, and policy reforms to combat losses KARACHI: Speakers at a workshop organised by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) discussed the key contributors to food insecurity in the country, and called for placing bio-controls, infrastructure upgrades, and policy reforms, among other steps, to overcome postharvest losses. The two-day moot was organised by the DUHS School of Public Health (SPH) as part of an ongoing project on “Postharvest Losses: Key Contributor to Food Insecurity & Possible Interventions”, with the support of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HECP). The purpose of the project is to provide an insight into the agriculturists, growers, policy makers, researchers and students about fungi and other pesticides in postharvest losses, and to discuss policies to minimise these postharvest losses, said a DUHS press release. Speaking as guest of honour, Prof M Tariq Farman, Head of Cardio...