Deutsche Welle (Bonn, Germany, May 23) -- In developed countries, the biggest problem associated with post-harvest loss is food going to waste, (but) … the problem in many poorer countries lies in the production process. “Post-harvest loss has been an issue for decades, but people did not take it very seriously,” says ABE professor Prasanta Kalita, director of the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-harvest Loss at Illinois.