1-3 November 2016
Khartoum, Sudan

Sudan food loss and waste workshop.

Sudan is a focus country in the Regional Initiative on Building Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition (RI-FSN), one of whose five focus areas is promoting the development of efficient and sustainable food systems with a particular focus on reducing food losses and waste (FLW).

The workshop has drawn on the experience, tools, methods, and guidance developed by The Global Initiative for Food Loss and Waste Reduction (Save Food), and in the context of the Regional Strategic Framework Reducing Food Losses and Waste in the Near East & North Africa Region.

The overarching goal of the strategic framework is to reduce FLW in the Near East and North Africa by 50% during the course of 2014-2024. This objective forms part of a vision to integrate FLW reduction within strategies and programs to strengthen long-term food security. Moreover, reducing FLW could be translated into increasing the efficiency of the food system, making better use of natural resources and increasing the agriculture sector contribution to economic growth and stability. To achieve these objectives, the components of the regional strategy are defined into four categories; i) Improving data gathering on current levels and causes of FLW, impacts and prioritization, and costs incurred at the micro and macro levels. ii ) Awareness raising among the supply chain actors on the issues and the impacts of their practices on FLW. iii ) Developing policies and regulations and strengthening collaboration between public institutions and private sector agencies in agro-industry development, food quality and safety, research, food producers unions, food handlers, processors and consumers organizations, NGOs and civil society institutions. iv) Promoting investment and engaging private sector.