Every year, more than one-third of global food production for human consumption is lost or wasted and never finds its way onto plates. This is equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes of edible food.

Yet, significant numbers of people have problems obtaining adequate food for an active, healthy life, and growing numbers in all countries suffer with different forms of malnutrition.

These and other data were presented at today’s World Food Day press conference, convened by the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO), the Hungarian Foodbank Association, and the Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary.