The document discusses a capacity building project in Jordan to reduce food loss. It details: 1) The project budget of $422,000 from FAO and $72,000 from Jordan. 2) Objectives to improve food security and reduce losses through training programs. 3) Intended outcomes like developing curriculum and training over 240 staff on reduction techniques.

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NPC: Mohammed Hiary
Capacity Building for Food Loss
Reduction in the Near East
TCP/SNO/3501
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Budget covering
FAO contribution:
US$ 422,000
Jordan Budget: US$ 72,000
Inception workshop Beirut 30/9-1/10/2014
Final workshop Cairo 24-25/7/2017

3. Food loss and Waste
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4. Global Related Initiatives
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Zero Hunger
challenge
Save Food
initiative

5. The project scope
Food Loss in Four countries
Lebano
n
Jordan Iran Egypt
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6. Objectives
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 Contribute to improved food security by improving
capability among food handlers, processors,
distributors and marketers to reduce inefficiencies in the
value chain, thereby reducing food losses.
 Implement a training
program (including
assessments and
workshops) to strengthen
national capacity for food
producers, handlers,
processors, distributors and
marketers.

7. Impact and Outcome
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1. Food loss prevention curricula and
guidelines developed.
2. a capacity building workshops for 24 leaders
of producer association, agri-business
managers and extension agents.
3. Capacity building of further 240 staff with
regards to food loss reduction is strengthened
and improved.

8. Outputs and Activities
2. Conduct a training needs assessment for target
audiences to determine capacity building needs.
3. Develop visual aids (posters, charts) illustrating
improved practices for key commodities.
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1. Carry out a review of the
present status of fresh
vegetables to inform specific
activities proposed to achieve
the decided outputs.

9. Outputs and Activities
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4. Design the curricula for Development
Workshops, including classroom instruction
and demonstrations on reducing food
losses.
5. Create training materials and manuals
with a focus on the fresh vegetables value
chain management and strategies for food
losses reduction.

10. Outputs and Activities
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6. Prepare a Food Loss Prevention Tool Kit in
relation to the Vegetables including the basic
tools needed to assess food quality, and
monitor shelf life of Vegetables along the value
chain.
7. Conduct a workshop in Amman for at least
24 trainees.
8. Facilitate the trainees training for other 10
people.
9. Conduct a wrap up workshop

11.  Current Review & Training
Needs Assessment
 Visual aids (Flyers,
Posters)
 Training Manual
 Training Workshop
 Tool Kit
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Concern Causes
Over
maturity
Labor shortage
Immaturity Labor Skills
Deterioratio
n
Cooling System,
marketing channels ,
Consumer preferences
Bruises Transportation,
packaging
Pollution poor packaging, poor
training
Pests and
diseases
Bad Practices and
knowledge level

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Last August at
the Agricultural
Engineers
Association in
Amman
(H.E Eng
Khaled Al
Hnifat)

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Note

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Suppliers
Trainees TOT
Tool Kit
Manual
Activity Budget Preparedness
Cost vs. Budget
Delivery Time
Program Duration
Attendance
Procurement
procedures
Translation
Competency
Handouts
Poster
Training
Commitment
FlyersData

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 Intergovernmental
 Legislative
 Research
 Raising awareness
 Institutional
Capacity
 Small interventions

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1. In the context of poverty, food security,
sustainability and climate change FAO is one
of the best to involve the region in SAVE
FOOD initiative and create a commitment at
governments level.
2. Advocate issuing a national code/ decree to
reduce FLW, either in mitigating the causes or
the results. (distribution, retailing, exporting)
3. The need for comprehensive food loss and
waste analysis and studies toward
understand the costs at macro and micro
levels, on economy, environment resources ,
human being, (cereals, dairy, meat, pulses ...)

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4. Create Public awareness at
homestead, school, or religious
places …
5. Introduce small projects to
reduce food loss and waste
(cottage industry, women green
jobs, dried vegetables, jams,
pickles, soap…)

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7. Prolong and develop FLW
training programs to reach more
partners.
6. Update trainers through
periodical meetings and
exchanging info tools.
6. Enhance and vitalize the public
bodies such as the post harvest unit
at the national center for agriculture
research and extension NCARE to
address food loss reduction.

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Mohamed Hiary
Head of international cooperation division
Agreements and International Cooperation department
Ministry Of Agriculture
Amman - Jordan
http://moa.gov.jo
m.hiary@moa.gov.jo
Tel : +962 6 5686151 / 289
fax : +962 6 5669308
Mob: +962 79 5 436 439