Friday 4 December
 - Start: 14:00 GMT(+1)
 - FAO HQ, Rome, Italy

The side event will launch the FAO and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Technical Platform on Food Loss and Waste and highlight knowledge and concrete steps required to scale-up food loss and waste prevention and reduction.  During the Turkish G20 Presidency, FAO provided significant inputs to the G20 work both on agriculture and development. In May 2015, the G20 Agriculture Ministers invited FAO together with IFPRI to establish a platform, building on existing systems, for sharing information and experiences in measuring and reducing food loss and waste. The Ministers strongly supported the Technical Platform on Food Loss and Waste as the major practical outcome of the meeting which was also endorsed by at the G20 Leaders Antalya Communiqué in November 2015.The Platform welcomes world-wide members and will also work on solutions for low-income countries [read more]

• Webcast

Further Information:

• G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting Final Communiqué (May 2015)
• FAO Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
• FAO-IFAD-WFP Community of Practice (CoP) on food loss
• FAO’s Strategic Objective 4: Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems
• Food losses and waste in the context of  sustainable food systems (CFS, 2014)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• HLPE, 2014. Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems.  A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome 2014.