TRASP provide technical skills to smallholder farmers on value addition through low-cost food processing and/or preservation methods, which is an important measure to reduce global food loss. In recent years, consumer buying behavior has significantly changed due to technological change. More people are consuming processed food than ever before, and the need for processed food is expected to increase in the coming years. Food processing can be done at two levels:
Commercialized-level (trade oriented processing) and
Household-level (home food preservation)
Those two food processing in developing countries can help high level of food loss due to poor management and handling; The following are causes of food loss and lack of value addition chain identified by TRASP; lack of infrastructure, inappropriate (pre-harvest and post-harvest) practices, lack of adequate cooling and storage facilities, lack of food processing technologies, poor packaging materials, and limited access to markets.
TRASP providing skills to smallholder farmers on how reduce food loss and significantly improve resilience, food security and nutrition; As time goes food processing and value added chain to most farmers achieved and hopefully by 2050 the production will increase by sixty percent. Thus will be our success on reduction of food loss and important goal by 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12 calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains by 2030).Hence TRASP comment on reducing food loss requires multi-stakeholder efforts from international organizations, governments