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News
Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
18/01/2023
Tackling food loss and waste: A triple win opportunity | FAO-UNEP press release
29/09/2022
G20: FAO says global threats to agrifood systems need complex approach
10/07/2022
Rome/Labuan Bajo, Indonesia - The challenges undermining global food security call for a complex approach embracing investment, policy reforms and better use of resources, QU Dongy...
Articles
A Systematic Review of Real-Time Monitoring Technologies and Its Potential Application to Reduce Food Loss and Waste: Key Elements of Food Supply Chains and IoT Technologies
29/12/2022
Continuous monitoring of food loss and waste (FLW) is crucial for improving food security and mitigating climate change. By measuring quality parameters such as temperature and humidity, real-time sensors are technologies that can continuously monitor the quality of food and thereby help reduce F...
From Farm to Fork: Early Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Supply Chain
01/12/2022
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread global disruptions. While much is being discussed about the health and economic impacts, there has been a limited focus on the immediate food sector shocks and their related social implications in developing countries, especially when the farmer survey...
COVID-19 induced lockdown effects on agricultural commodity prices and consumer behaviour in India – Implications for food loss and waste management
01/08/2022
This study investigates the COVID-19 induced lockdown effects in India through an interrupted time series analysis coupled with a survey result of 729 consumers, 225 farmers and synthesis of the literature evidence on food loss as well as food waste.
Events
29/9
2023
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste | Register and Agenda
Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2023
Take action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems!
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will make a clear call to action for public and private entities to take action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 agenda. Get involved!
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.
4/11
2022
7/11
2022
Indo-German Innovation Pavilion on Post-Harvest Loss Management
Chandigarh (India), Hybrid Event, 04/11/2022 - 07/11/2022
Agro Tech India Exhibition November 2022: Protection of Crops, Protection of Future
On this year´s Agro Tech India, PHL is presented through the initiative “Fasal Ki Raksha, Bhavishya Ki Suraksha” (Protection of Crops, Protection of Future). Its objective is to display innovations focused on mechanisation, digitalisation, and the use of local post-harvest methods. 14 start-ups and a co...
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.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case study on the mango 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 mango value chain in the Republic of India
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.
Multimedia
Food is never waste coalition
23/09/2021
In New York, during the UN Food Systems Summit all commitments to action were disclosed, and the "Food is Never Waste Coalition" was launched. This video describes the rationale and aims of the coalition.
What is the real cost of food
10/03/2022
What is the real cost of food? Around 14% of all food produced is between harvest and the wholesale market. But food loss is not only about money lost. There are also social and environmental impacts. Food is worth much more than what we pay for it. Stop Food Loss and Waste. For the people. For the planet.