Our 'cool stories' interview series
Our 'cool stories' interview series
As part of SPIRE-FS, we are recording a series of short interviews with experts working in the world of sustainable post-harvest loss interventions, including early-career researchers, established researchers and practitioners based around the world. These interviews will generally be focused around a new report or academic paper - providing space to delve more into the issues at hand, key messages and findings. We aim to record and publish one interview per month from autumn-2026 onwards; please do reach out to us via our 'Contact' page if you would like to be featured!
'Cool Stories' Interview #1: Akshadha Lagisetti, Fellow, CARE
September 2026: Greg and Surabhi from the SPIRE-FS team sat down with Akshadha Lagisetti to discuss CARE's new report on 'Why Food Loss & Waste Technologies Scale or Fail: The Role of Women in Building Scalable, Circular Food Systems'. Based on CARE's portfolio of initiatives from 20+ countries, the report sets out four conditions required for the scaling of post-harvest loss technologies in ways which are financially sustainable and gender equitable. We delve into these conditions, as well as Akshadha's background and interest in food systems, throughout this conversation.
CARE's report can be read in full here: https://careclimatechange.org/report-why-food-loss-and-waste-technologies-scale-or-fail/