Why does Australia need to mitigate food loss and waste to ensure food security?

18/03/2024

Food waste in Australia is causing a massive financial burden on the country, with an estimated annual cost of $36.6 billion. Several factors, such as food loss and waste (FLW), inflation, unemployment, and low income, concurrently contribute to Australia's food insecurity problem. This study mai...

Food Loss and Waste in Saudi Arabia: Analysis, Causes, and Interventions

01/01/2024

Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major concern globally due to its economic, environmental, and behavioral impacts. This chapter aims to analyze the FLW situation in Saudi Arabia for various food products and identify their main causes. It also highlights FLW hotspots along the food supply chain, e...

Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania

11/12/2013

An assessment of post-harvest handling practices and food losses in a maize-based farming system in semi-arid areas of Central and Northern Tanzania was carried out in 2012. Seventeen crops were mostly cultivated by the farmers in the surveyed areas; maize (32%), sunflower (16%) and pigeon peas (...

The metal silo: An effective grain storage technology for reducing post-harvest insect and pathogen losses in maize while improving smallholder farmers’ food security in developing countries

30/12/2010

Traditional storage practices in developing countries cannot guarantee protection against major 

The environmental impact of reducing food loss and waste: A critical assessment

05/05/2020

This paper examines the rationale for pursuing environmental objectives by reducing food loss and waste (FLW). The main thrust of the literature on this issue is that FLW reduction can make a major contribution to making food systems more sustainable. Using a stylized analytical framework, we fin...