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Tackling food loss and waste from the farm to the table and beyond | IDAFLW Press release
27/09/2024
FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP)
25/04/2024
By providing accessible information on food loss through video advisories, the FLAPP offers the opportunity to enhance the capacities of farmers, companies, producer associations and cooperatives to make informed decisions and apply evidence-based solutions.
World must look to South America's success in reducing hunger: FAO Chief Economist
24/07/2024
Articles
National Food Loss and Waste Prevention Strategies and Monitoring Approaches—an Interdisciplinary Challenge for Decision Makers, Researchers and Practice
30/11/2021
Dr. Thomas Schmidt, Stefan Lange and Dr. Felicitas Schneider from Thünen Institute worked as guest-editors for a special issue of the Journal "Sustainability" addressing „National Food Loss and Waste Prevention Strategies and Monitoring approaches – an interdisciplinary challenge for decision makers, researchers and practice“.
Adopting the circular economy approach on food loss and waste: The case of Italian pasta production
01/05/2019
Food loss and waste (FLW) is one of the most serious social, economic and environmental issues undermining our planet’s sustainability, and by reducing it some UN Sustainable Development Goals may be achieved. The European Commission
Food waste in time of COVID-19: The heterogeneous effects on consumer groups in Italy and the Netherlands
01/01/2023
Events
29/9
2025
Sixth Observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
Virtual Event, 29/09/2025
On 29 September at 13:30 (CEST), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will celebrate the sixth observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) through a global virtual event.
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.
25/4
2024
Introduction to the FAO Food Loss Application (FLAPP)
Virtual Event, 25/04/2024
A live introduction of the FAO Food Loss Application (FLAPP). By providing accessible information on food loss through video advisories, the FLAPP empowers farmers, companies, producer associations, and cooperatives to make informed decisions and apply evidence-based solutions. Join us to learn how the FLAPP can empower you to make informed decisions and reduce food losses.
Projects
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Publications
Wholesale Markets – Public Spaces for Interconnected Food Policies
08/11/2024
The report emphasizes that wholesale markets are not just distribution hubs, but critical infrastructure supporting food security, economic growth, and community well-being. With case studies from around the globe, it showcases how these markets help create resilient, efficient food supply chains.
Climate technologies for agrifood systems transformation
18/11/2024
The global community has committed to responding to climate change while ensuring decent livelihoods and healthy food for everyone, keeping within planetary boundaries. Transforming agrifood systems is essential to meeting these challenges, with climate response being an intrinsic element. The need for more resilient systems that can sustain increasing demands in a setting of tightening constraints is evident.
Get Involved - International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, 29 September 2024
12/07/2024
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 toachieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Multimedia
Investing in food loss and waste prevention and reduction | IDAFLW 2024
29/09/2024
The fifth observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste highlighted the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, for achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The world produces enough food to feed everyone, and yet millions suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste - UN Secretary General message | 29 September 2020
29/09/2020
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General on the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (29 September 2020)
Eight actions we can all take to save water
22/03/2023
Reduce your food waste. It takes a lot of water to produce food and to get it from the field to our plate. Lost and wasted food also means wasted water. Water is vital to us all, so everyone needs to act. Every drop counts and your actions, big or small, can make a difference.
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.