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Innovative Sustainable technologies TO extend the shelf life of Perishable MEDiterranean fresh fruit, vegetables and aromatic plants and to reduce WASTE | STOPMED WASTE
25/01/2024
Final meeting of PRIMA project "Innovative Sustainable technologies TO
extend the shelf-life of Perishable MEDiterranean fresh fruit, vegetables and aromatic plants and to
reduce WASTE." The Project StopMedWaste aims to extend the shelf-life of perishable fresh fruit vegetables and aromatic pla...
FAO at COP28 | Agrifood system solutions are climate solutions
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.
The #123 Food Loss and Waste Pledge for Climate Action
08/09/2023
FAO #123 Pledge statement is now available.
Visit the Food is Never Waste Coalition page for more.
Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
18/01/2023
Efforts and ideas in planning and implementing their national pathways for agrifood systems transformation to reduce hunger, poverty, and food loss and waste, protect biodiversity and tackle climate change were discussed.
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...
G20 Indonesia 2022 - Gap Analysis on Food Loss and Waste Indices workshop
21/06/2022
The commitment and support of G20 member countries to reduce FLW is highly required in efforts to achieve the SDGs goals. The availability and reliability of data is considered as the main key in measuring and formulating each country's strategy to reduce FLW.
Global launch of SOFA 2019 "Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction"
10/10/2019
The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 (SOFA) launched at a press conference with the Director-General and Maximo Torero (ADG-ES), on Monday, 14 October at 12:00 in the Sheikh Zayed Centre is about Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction. It provides in...
Food Losses and Waste Initiative: From Prevention to Valorisation
30/01/2015
As the reduction of food losses and valorisation of waste must be part of a portfolio of solutions needed to feed the world more sustainably, GFIA 2015 will include a major focus on the important issues.