Food Loss and Waste Actions: Experiences of the Costa Rican Food Loss and Waste Reduction Network

03/10/2021

Food Loss and Waste (FLW) reduction and prevention can be crucial entry points to achieve sustainable food systems. However, the complexity of this problem poses the need for multistakeholder and multidimensional approaches. The Costa Rican FLW Reduction Network has been working since 2014 as a c...

Food loss and waste in food services from educational institutions in Costa Rica

01/05/2021

One-third of the worldwide food production is lost or wasted, generating impacts in the food systems. However, data indicates that one in nine people suffer from undernourishment or shortage of food in the world. Furthermore, this problem generates adverse impacts in the environment and the econo...

Climate Change and Food Insecurities: The Importance of Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Indonesia

01/01/2023

Rapid increasing population of Indonesia poses a future threat to the food supply for the national demand. Furthermore, global climate change is putting a strain on the food supply chain. Droughts, floods, landslides, and pest/disease attacks all have serious consequences for agricultural product...

Intensifying Effects of Climate Change in Food Loss: A Threat to Food Security in Turkey

26/12/2022

Turkey is increasingly concerned about the effects of climate change, weather unpredictability, and severe events on agricultural production, food loss, and livelihoods. Turkey has long struggled against climate variability and catastrophic climatic events to prevent further declines in agricultu...

Scale and Environmental Impacts of Food Loss and Waste in China—A Material Flow Analysis

27/12/2022

Evidence of China’s food loss and waste (FLW) and its increasing impacts on food security and environmental sustainability is urgently needed to guide policy intervention and avoid unnecessary damage to human health and the environment. This paper estimates the scale of China’s FLW in 2019 and as...