Francis Padi Lamptey (Ghanaian) was born in 1989, grew up in the Eastern Region of Ghana, a region where plantation and vegetable crop production on large scale are the main occupations and sources of income of the region. Francis was enrolled in Bachelor of Science degree program in Agriculture at University of Cape Coast and graduated with Second Class Honors (Lower Division) with his research work in the Department of Agricultural Engineering. He is currently a RUFORUM MasterCard Foundation 2018 CARP+ Scholarship beneficiary, pursuing Master of Philosophy (Post Harvest Technology) at University of Cape Coast (Ghana). Francis has a dream to become a Lecturer and Consultant in Food and Postharvest Technology in Ghana to help reduce postharvest losses and food fraud, increase shelf life, enhance value addition and also to increase more jobs for youth in his country.