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 |
| SDG(S) |
Publications
Post-harvest management of papaya to ensure quality and safety
29/11/2020
Guidance for stakeholders in the horticultural supply chain. Good post-harvest handling is important in maintaining the quality and safety of papayas as they are transported from the farm to the market.
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.
Multimedia
How to tackle food loss and waste
14/10/2019
Although there may be an economic loss, food diverted to other economic uses, like animal feed, is not considered as food loss or waste, nor are the inedible parts of food products.