China
News
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
Investment opportunities and legislation frameworks on FLW. Some relevant FAO resources are available
30/08/2022
Food loss and waste (FLW) is a global burden with a negative impact on the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The loss and waste of food suitable for human consumption hampers food security and nutrition and hinders the realization of the human right to ...
Articles
Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis
27/12/2022
Evidence of China’s food loss and waste (FLW) and its increasing impacts on food security and environmental sustainability is urgently needed to guide policy intervention and avoid unnecessary damage to human health and the environment. This paper estimates the scale of China’s FLW in 2019 and as...
Is consumer food waste giving the industry an unfair rap over emissions?
19/05/2023
New research suggests food wastage is bigger problem than previously thought.
Reducing food loss and waste in supply chain operations
01/06/2022
This paper presents a review of research on food loss and waste (FLW) from the perspective of operations management (OM). Supply chain FLW represents a significant challenge for researchers and practitioners grappling with issues of famine and inequitable access to food supplies.
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Events
7/9
2023
2023 Food Loss and Waste Youth Masterclass
Virtual Event, 07/09/2023
Want to know more about the circular economy for food loss and waste and how it can help to optimize the sustainability of food systems? The upcoming session is going to go through examples and good practices from all around the globe.
Projects
Publications
Asia and the Pacific – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022
15/03/2023
This is the fifth edition of the Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition annual report. In recent years, previous editions reported that progress was stalling, then regressing and then more recently pushing us further off track. This reverse was evident even before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. The decline continued and worsened during the pandemic and the data is captured in this report.
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2022
04/10/2022
Seven years into the 2030 Agenda, there is an urgent need to understand where the world stands in eliminating hunger and food insecurity, as well as in ensuring sustainable agriculture. FAO's new report, “Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators”, offers analysis and trends on indicators across eight SDGs (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14 and 15), highlighting areas of progress and areas where further effort is needed.
Yams | Post-harvest operations
28/08/2003
Yams are second to cassava as the most important tropical root crop and are a staple food in many parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Seventy percent of the 50 million tonne world output of 2008 was grown in Nigeria (FAOSTAT).The starchy tuber, with a rough brown skin, is produced by a herbaceous vine and takes from 8 to 11 months to mature after planting.
Multimedia
Achieving Better Nutrition in Asia-Pacific by reducing food loss and waste – leaving no one behind
13/06/2022
This video looks at an example of achieving better nutrition in Malaysia through reductions of 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.