The growth of ICT in the last decade has provided opportunities to overcome some of the challenges faced by the agriculture sector. Recent developments such as the increase in the use of mobile-broadband access devices, the Internet of things (IoT), drones, smart networks, capacity for big data analytics, and artificial intelligence have given stakeholders some key...

The fragile economic situation in Lebanon, compounded with the COVID-19 crisis, reinforces the importance of developing agriculture and agro-industry. This study reveals that the employment rates of agriculture graduates are relatively low and suggests improving their career guidance and post-training employment services.

This study finds that the critical loss points of the Egyptian grapes value chain are at harvesting, wholesale markets and retail markets. Solutions to address grape loss include establishing quality standards for the market and improving post-harvest infrastructures.

This study finds that the farmers in the sample regions lack awareness about food loss and have limited information on production and postharvest operations. Solutions include better market information, training and the establishment of direct marketing centeres.