A means to improve nutrition and reduce food loss and waste, says Director-General

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)  launched a new tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ date to their products.

EFSA has developed a tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ dat...

In his address to the 165th Session of the FAO Council today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, made a comprehensive report on the UN agency's work and engagement in the past 16 months, updating the Council on important activi...

FAO hosted a discussion on the importance of reducing food loss and waste featuring the award-winning journalist Dan Saladino, FAO’s Chief Economist Máximo Torero, author and activist Tris...

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia digital talk about Post-Harvest Losses, which took place in late November, addressed the avoidance of losses by improved process management and handling of crops as well as opportunities to fund collaborative projects to intro...

Agro-processors and agro-processing groups interested in utilising a renewable energy resource for the preservation of f...

On 29 September 2020, the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was celebrated. It came during the global COVID-19 pandemic, that has brought about a global wake-up on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and con...

A webinar titled “Solar energy drying for root crop development in the Caribbean region” was convened on 6 August 2020, by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in the framework of a Letter of Agreement (LoA), with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un...

A variety of new businesses are...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) take pleasure in inviting you to attend a virtual closing event of the UN Rome-Based Agencies joint project “Ma...

The Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are pleased to invite you to “On the road to the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021: Highlighti...

On July 2nd a FAO Insights Webinar on Reducing Food Loss and Waste during COVID-19 and Beyond was held.

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On 19 December, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated 29 September as the

Many communities and vulnerable individuals rely on foodbanks and other food recovery and redistribution charities to ensure they have access to enough food to build resilience in their communities, reduce food insecurity and contribute to healthier diets.

Fruits and vegetables (F&V) are rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre, and are important constituents of ...

Lessons from the SDC capitalization of experiences (CAPEX) exercise on Postharvest Management (PHM) Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

In 2008, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) ...