This report describes the outcome of a Regional Workshop on the proposed Global Initiative on Post-Harvest (GIPh), funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and executed in cooperation with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). The Workshop was organised and hosted in Los Banos, Philippines by the SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Post Harvest Technology Center (PHTC), Vietnam, during the period 5-7 December 2001.
Inputs to the Workshop were:
�� Outline presentations on the dimensions of the post-harvest sector and strategic development of the sector (FAO and C. Wheatley)
�� Four sub-regional papers prepared by expert consultants, for East, South East, South Asia, and the Pacific.
�� Papers prepared by various post-harvest stakeholders (Research, development, policy makers, businesses¿)
�� Information on existing post-harvest initiatives (Ph Action)