Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Food loss and waste

Summaries of consultations

Analysis of stakeholder submissions towards the development of a Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Sustainable Use and Management of Plastics in Agriculture

To inform the development of a Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Sustainable Use and Management of Plastics in Agriculture (VCoC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2023 engaged interested stakeholders through the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)...

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Food loss and waste and the right to adequate food: Making the connection

This Discussion paper explores the relationship between food loss and waste (FLW) and the right to adequate food. It focuses on the need to develop sustainable global consumption and production systems to contribute to the realization of the right to adequate food while it argues for a human rights...

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Food Loss Analysis E-learning course

Food loss is a complex issue, often with multiple and interrelated causes operating at different levels. This e-learning course introduces the FAO Case study methodology for the analysis of critical food loss points. This method focuses on revealing and analyzing the multidimensional causes of losses in selected food supply chains, identification of critical loss points, and recommendation of feasible food loss reduction solutions and strategies.

Trainings, tools and databases

Guidelines: how to measure harvest and post-harvest losses

These guidelines aim to measure harvest and post-harvest losses for food grains (cereals and pulses). They present FAO’s recommended methods to estimate food grain losses to allow countries to monitor SDG 12.3.1 (food losses along the supply chain). They present cost-effective methods that could be...

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City Region Food Systems and Food Waste Management

This book describes the results of 13 case studies on city region food systems and food waste management. It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader...

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The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges

What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done....

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