This website provides all the information on how your organisation can effectively reduce food loss and waste with a particular focus on food loss reduction in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs.
We offer you:
- invaluable insights into global food loss and waste scenarios
- detailed information on food losses in supply chains - and the trade-offs of these losses
- proven strategies and tools to help you reduce food loss and waste effectively
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To effectively make progress in reducing food loss and waste and achieving a significant impact, a systematic approach is crucial. We guide through this, using a systematic, three-step approach:
Discover effective strategies for setting targets to reduce Food Loss and Waste by identifying hotspot food products and chain stages impacting Food Loss and Waste and its associated Greenhouse gas emission, nutrition, water footprint, and land use change.
Determine what exactly to quantify in the context of Food Loss and which approach best suits your specific case.
Design effective Food Loss and Waste reduction strategies by leveraging experiences and valuable insights from research in this field and by accessing information and supportive tools for decision-making.
Why act now?
Every year, over 30 percent of globally produced food goes to waste between the farm and the consumer. This is not only a threat to feeding the world’s population. It also has significant environmental and economic consequences. Immediate action is needed.
Everything you need to know or how to tackle food loss and waste on one website
What are proven approaches to reduce food loss and waste? And how do you initiate effective measures as an organisation? It could be quite a struggle to select the right information online. This website delivers all the information needed. We equip you with validated approaches, practical tools and insightful best practices and reports.
Food Loss and Waste reduction addresses several Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) directly
- It is in line with SDG 2: Zero Hunger.
- It significantly contributes to SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Among other things, this SDG calls for a 50% reduction in global food waste by 2030 (retail and consumers). And, also, in a reduction of food losses along production and value chains, including post-harvest losses.
- It has a direct positive impact on SDG 13: Climate Action. Reducing food loss and waste leads to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
- By providing economic benefits, it contributes to SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.
- Reduction of food loss and waste enhances social well-being and furthers poverty eradication. This aligns with SDG 1: No Poverty.
