United Arab Emirates
News
First edition of the ne'ma newsletter!
01/09/2024
Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
18/01/2023
Leveraging science and innovation for food loss and waste reduction
26/10/2022
Articles
Global food loss and waste estimates show increasing nutritional and environmental pressures
29/01/2024
Accurate global food losses and waste (FLW) quantification remains challenging owing to limited harmonized global estimates, a lack of comprehensive quantification approaches and an absence of frameworks for addressing FLW challenges. Here we compile a country-level database that assesses FLW acr...
Events
20/10
2024
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) NENA workshop
Hybrid Event, 20/10/2024
To address this the Food and Agriculture Organization for the Near East and North Africa (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Africa and West Asia (UNEP)and the League of Arab States (LAS) will jointly co-organize an awareness workshop in shed light on this year’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste ( IDAFLW).
27/9
2024
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2024 | Save the Date
Virtual Event, 27/09/2024
The fifth observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will highlight the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, contribute to achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
3/12
2023
Strengthening climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation through food loss and waste reduction
Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Hybrid Event, 03/12/2023
This COP-28 side-event will discuss how FLW reduction can contribute to GHG emissions reduction and scaled-up climate adaptation efforts, the priority interventions by different stakeholders, and concrete recommendations to achieve FLW reduction and climate benefits within a sustainable agrifood systems context.
Projects
| Title | LEG - ne’ma the National Food Loss and Waste Initiative |
|---|---|
| Project Code | none |
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Publications
Reducing food loss and waste in the Near East and North Africa
28/02/2023
This study looks at FLW from an economic perspective, considering producers, intermediaries, and consumers as key decision-makers. It builds on our accumulated experience in the analysis of the causes of FLW and solutions.
Technical and investment guidelines for milk cooling centres
30/06/2016
This book aims to serve as a reference and guideline document for small and microenterprises, small-scale organizations, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, the manufacturers of bulk milk coolers for small and microenterprises, and teaching and educational institutions offering courses in dairying, food sciences and technology.
Multimedia
How to tackle food loss and waste
14/10/2019
Every year, around one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. Food loss and waste has all kinds of consequences for economies, food security and the environment. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, explains where exactly these losses are occurring along the food chain, from farm to fork, and how countries are stepping up to tackle the problem.