Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

Suriname

Farmers control soil erosion through crop cultivation

News

23/11/2023
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12 December. The Conference is set to be a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.
10/11/2022
FAO online webinar to promote awareness of the various tools and methodologies.
08/09/2023

FAO #123 Pledge statement is now available.

Visit the Food is Never Waste Coalition page for more.

Articles
 
Events

12/ 12

2022

Virtual Event, 12/12/2022

A Food Loss and Waste Master class will be held in December 2022. This virtual event will be addressed to youth who want to discover more about the causes of food loss and waste and solutions to achieving the SDG 12.3 target.

29/ 9

2022

Virtual Event, 29/09/2022

On 29 September 2022, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be observed for the third time.

 
Projects
 
Publications
30/06/2017

The purpose of this guide is to provide Caribbean food processors and artisans with a practical information resource on how to effectively position their products in the tourism market using design and packaging. The elements or topics are organized and structured to encourage and promote learning. A number of pictograms or diagrams are included to improve understanding of the subject matter.

29/05/2024

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) continue to serve as a major source of employment and income generation in the agriculture and tourism sectors in countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). Most MSMEs are small businesses run by families or by a few individuals. While this helps to keep labour and overhead costs to a minimum, it creates a suboptimum economy of scale.

07/07/2020

The ongoing pandemic has threatened the food and nutritional security of millions of Latin Americans and Caribbean people. These interruptions in the links of the value chain of the agri-food system have resulted in greater food loss and waste. We are not yet in a position to say when the rate of contagion will decrease, or when we will return to normal. Such uncertainty makes it imperative to analyze how food losses and waste affect food systems, how how this can be prevented.

 
Multimedia
29/09/2022

Every year, around 14 percent of the world’s food is lost after harvest and in the distribution chain prior to retail, and an additional 17 percent of food available to consumers is wasted. Food loss and waste account for 8 to 10 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide i...

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.

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.