Rashid Suleiman is a Lecturer and Head of the Department of Food Science and Agroprocessing at Sokoine University of Agriculture where he is responsible for leading the department, and teaching food science and biological systems subjects. He serves as a chairperson of Agriculture and Food Standards Division Committee (AFDC) of Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) which oversees over 29 different Agriculture and Food Technical Committees. Dr. Suleiman is a chairperson of National Codex Committee and a member of several academic, professional and scholarly societies.Dr. Suleiman’s research program focuses on food safety, food quality management, new product development and post-harvest management applied to grain, and fruits and vegetables. Projects involve post-harvest loss reduction and prevention, food security, food systems, mycotoxins, value-added products and process, grain storage and stored products protection, extrusion technology, new product development and formulation, techno-economic analysis and food packaging.Dr. Suleiman’s outreach program focuses on crop post-harvest handling, storage, processing and loss prevention, mycotoxin control, nutrition feeding programs, and food and nutrition security.  More about Rashid, his work, and his department can be found on his website.If you are interested in learning more about the current state of global food security, some good resources can be found in articles from the World Bank, as well as the World Economic Forum.Our music is Inspiring Cinematic Asia by Lexin Music, which is available at Pixabay. 

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