SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction

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“If we want to achieve food security we must ensure that we look after the vital ecosystems that allow us to produce our food”
27 May 2016
These are the words of Amina J. Mohamed, Minister of Environment of Nigeria, and at the heart of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ ...
The National workshop on post-harvest fish losses in Indonesia
2 Dec 2015
The National workshop on post-harvest fish losses in Indonesia (Fish Loss Assessments: Causes and Solution Case studies in the Small-scale Fisheries in Indonesia) was organized on ...
Expert Workshop on Estimating Food Loss and Wasted Resources from Gillnet and Trammel Net Fishing, 8-10 April, Cochin, India
16 Jun 2015
A major activity of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is on food loss and waste reduction in the whole fish supply chain, from harvesting to ...
Reducing post-harvest losses in the mud crab value chain in Madagascar through simple innovation
9 Jan 2015
The mud crab fishery in Madagascar is an exclusively traditional/artisanal fishing activity, composed of on-foot or pirogue fishers using very simple fishing techniques and gears, such ...
The Kafue Women’s Fish Processing Association (KWFPA): Support for value chain integration in Zambia.
5 Dec 2014
Some women in Kafue, Zambia are getting into product innovation and entrepreneurship. The Kafue Women’s Fish processing Association (KWFPA), with Ms. Kasazi Nyendwa as the head, ...
Second SAVE FOOD Congress at Interpack2014
28 Apr 2014
The SAVE FOOD initiative was launched by FAO and Messe Düsseldorf at the International Congress on Food Loss and Waste held at the Interpack trade fair ...