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1 Aug 2016
A report from the FAO North America Liaison Office in Washington D.C. Written by Genna Tesdall.
The ugly food fever has spread to the United States. US ...
6 Jun 2016
From FLW Protocol
The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (or FLW Standard) is a global standard that provides requirements and guidance for quantifying and ...
4 Mar 2016
On 1 March 2016 the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Commission of Natural Resources (NAT) hosted a policy debate on food waste. The Opinion working ...
5 Feb 2016
Every year, about 1/3 of the food produced for human consumption gets lost, counting for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countries post-harvest loss ...
5 Jan 2016
Opportunities for public-private-civil society collaboration
Expert Panel Discussion15 January 2016CityCube Berlin
Annually, about one third of the food produced world-wide for human consumption, approximately 1.3 billion tons, is ...
18 Dec 2015
On the occasion of the Forty-second Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) the governments of Brazil and Italy have co-organized with the Food ...
16 Nov 2015
Prior to the turn of the 20th century, the disposal of food waste ranked relatively low on the international agenda and in global discussions on agricultural ...
11 Nov 2015
The alliance is aligned with the Hunger Eradication Plan of CELAC 2025 and the new Sustainable Development Goals.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, food loss and ...
16 Sep 2015
Rome, Italy - FAO Headquarters
The seminar focused on discussing policies and sharing experiences on FLW reduction and management within the broader context of food ...