All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibithion on September 16-19, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The 5th All Africa postharvest congress and Exhibition is scheduled for 16th to 19th September 2025. The four-day programme will feature interactive sessions aligned to the five thematic areas. The interactive sessions will include sponsored plenary sessions structured to showcase food loss and waste reduction activities and initiatives by AAPHCE partners. Discussions in these sessions will feature the progress made towards the regional and global targets for food loss and waste (FLW) reduction. The actions, partnerships and investments needed to accelerate FLW reduction will be discussed. One of the plenary sessions will be dedicated to showcasing the progress made by African Union member states towards the Malabo 2014 target of halving postharvest losses by 2025. In this session, success stories will be showcased as well as challenges faced by member states in their efforts to realize the set targets. One of the four days will be dedicated to side events, which will be convened separately by the congress partners and other interested organizations. Side events will allow for in-depth discussions and engagements tailored to specific audiences of interest to the hosts. Research papers from students (and other researchers) will be presented in dedicated sessions including lightning rounds for oral presentations and a poster gallery (physical and digital) complemented by pitching sessions. The presentations by students (oral/poster) will be judged by experts and the best presentations awarded during the closing session. Exhibitions of innovative technologies, practices, and tools for postharvest management towards food loss and waste reduction will be displayed throughout the four days of the congress. To foster closer networking and exchange of ideas, there will be dedicated rooms for business-to-business sessions where partners can engage directly to discuss potential collaborations and partnerships in FLW reduction activities and initiatives