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Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case study on the rice value chain in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Factsheet
01/09/2018
To improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case study on the teff value chain in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | Factsheet
01/09/2018
To improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case study on the cickpea value chain in the Republic of India | Factsheet
01/09/2018
To improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case study on the maize value chain in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Factsheet
01/09/2018
To improve global, regional and local knowledge about the underlying reasons for food loss, as well as to assess where critical loss points occur, FAO undertook a series of case studies involving numerous food supply chains in developing countries. Utilizing a defined food loss and waste analysis framework.
Gender and food loss in sustainable food value chains. A guiding note
01/07/2018
This publication aims to help policy-makers, project designers and field practitioners to conceptualize the nexus between gender equality and food loss while offering practical guidance on and tools for integrating gender concerns into the planning and implementation of food loss studies and reduction strategies and interventions.
On-farm comparison of different postharvest storage technologies in a maize farming system of Tanzania Central Corridor
15/06/2018
On-farm comparison of different postharvest storage technologies in a maize farming system of Tanzania Central Corridor. In Journal of Stored Products Research Volume 77, June 2018, Pages 55–65.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions. Case study on the cassava value chain in the Republic of Guyana
01/05/2018
An in-depth analysis of post-harvest handling practices of cassava producers, retailers (roadside and mobile market vendors, municipal markets, super-markets), wholesalers, exporters, processors for development of value-added products and consumers, to obtain a more complete understanding of the system-wide nature of quality deterioration and subsequent losses.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions. Cassava supply chain in Guyana | factsheet
09/03/2018
Cassava is produced by smallholder farmers across varying soil types in all regions of Guyana. Post-harvest losses in cassava are mainly the result of physical damage that takes place during manual harvesting using a spading fork to loosen the soil, followed by lifting the roots from the soil.
Food Loss Analysis e-learning course
01/01/2018
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. It...
AU Commission Post-harvest Loss Management Strategy
01/01/2018
At its 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in June 2014, Heads of State and Government adopted eight commitments that now make up the ‘Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods’. Among the many targets that...
Recommendations on the design of a harvest and post-harvest loss statistics system for food grains (cereals and pulses)
01/01/2018
Guidelines on the measurement of harvest and post-harvest losses. The testing of measurement methods on crop losses at farm level is necessary to assess their relevance, cost-efficiency and replicability, before recommending them to countries. The pilot survey undertaken in Ghana and described in this document concerns measurement of post-harvest losses (PHL) on the farm.
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Food loss assessment of cassava, tomato and potato value chains in Cameroon (in French)
01/01/2018
L’initiative Save Food a conçu des études de cas sur les chaînes d’approvisionnement alimentaire pour les principaux sous-secteurs alimentaires des pays en voie de développement. Ces études de cas permettront de générer des données primaires et empiriques sur les différentes causes de perte alimentaire, et d’analyser la faisabilité des différentes...
Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas (Phase 1)
01/07/2017
The “Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas” project, implemented by the Rome-Based UN Agencies (RBA) funded by the Government of Switzerland aims to improve food security and income generation opportunities through reduction of food losses in supported food grains and pulses value chains.
Case Studies on Food Loss and Waste in North America
01/01/2017
Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in North America, where annually close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted across the food supply chain.
Case studies on fish loss assessment of small-scale fisheries in Indonesia
01/01/2017
This document presents the report of fish loss assessment case studies conducted within the framework of FAO’s Save Food programme and coordinated by FAO’s Fish Products, Trade and Marketing Branch (FIAM), following the national capacity development workshop (National Workshop on Post-Harvest Fish Losses in Indonesia) on post-harvest fisheries loss assessment.
Reality of Food Losses: A New Measurement Methodology
01/01/2017
Measuring food loss, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along every stage of the value chain are essential first steps in addressing the problem of food loss and waste in developing countries.
Wasted Food, Wasted Nutrients. Nutrient Loss from Wasted Food in the United States and Comparison to Gaps in Dietary Intake
01/01/2017
This research aimed to calculate the nutritional value of food wasted at the retail and consumer levels in the US food supply, and contextualize the amount of nutrient loss in terms of gaps between current and recommended intakes and estimated food recovery potential.
Measuring postharvest losses at the farm level in Malawi
01/01/2017
This paper measures farmlevel postharvest losses for three main crops—maize, soy, and groundnuts—among 1,200 households in Malawi. Farmers answered a detailed questionnaire designed to learn about losses during harvest and transport, processing, and storage and which measures both total losses and reductions in crop quality.
Field efficacy of hermetic and other maize grain storage options under smallholder farmer management
01/01/2017
Household grain storage continues to be of paramount importance in improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where maize post-harvest losses of 10–20% are reported. On-farm trials to compare alternative solutions for reducing household maize storage losses were conducted in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 storage seasons in two contrasting agro-ecological zones in the Hwedza district of Zimbabwe.
Regional Strategic Framework Reducing Food Losses and Waste in the Near East & North Africa Region
01/01/2015
This document outlines a Regional Strategic Framework for reducing food losses and waste in the region. It responds to the FAO NERC-31 (in May 2012) recommendation calling on FAO to “assist member countries in addressing the key challenges of reducing food waste and losses by conducting comprehensive studies".