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

Zambia

Harvested corn

News

21/07/2022
FAO online webinar to promote awareness of the various tools and methodologies.
African Union (AU) Malabo Declaration on Agriculture and Postharvest Losses
29/09/2014

The AU launched  2014 the “Year of Agriculture and Food Security” marking the 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) on January 30, 2014 during its 22nd Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Articles
20/03/2020

Since the first case was confirmed in Africa in late February, numbers have grown to over 4,500 cases in...

 
Events

14/ 10

2014

Rome (Italy), 14/10/2014

41st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Side event ‘Getting into Action on Food Losses and Waste (FLW)’ co-organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Rome-based UN Agencies Food and Agriculture Organizat

13/ 10

2014

13/1

2015

Virtual Event, 13/10/2014 - 13/01/2015

“What are your experiences in levels of grain losses, particularly maize? How were they measured? What solutions can be/were implement to reduce these losses? What success stories can you share with the Community? ” In Kenya, the SAVE FOOD Initiative and

19/ 11

2014

Nairobi (Kenya), 19/11/2014

In the framework of the Food Processing and Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) 2014 on 19 November (9:00-17:00 hrs) FAO will held a one-day event on FOOD LOSS REDUCTION – PARTNERSHIP AND CAPACITY BUILDING Session 1: Learning from Development Partners 

 
Projects
 
Publications
Food losses and waste: how Brazil is facing this global challenge?
01/01/2015

This present report is a review of relevant literature, which includes publications manuals, methodologies and guidelines on estimating post-harvest losses of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as well as publications by other institutions, international organizations and relevant country experiences on estimating post-harvest losses.

22/04/2021

The Food Waste Index Report aims at supporting the goals of SDG 12.3. It does so by presenting the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, generating a new estimate of global food waste.

31/10/2019

A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2019, it contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media, policy makers and a more general public.

 
Multimedia
19/05/2016

FANRAPAN regional climate-smart agriculture policy dialogue hosted in Lusaka in August 2015 and some practical ways to reduce pre- and post-harvest losses in the Zambia and Malawi experiences

30/06/2016

This video forms part of a series of policy and governance videos being produced by FAO in 2016.

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.