Climate action and food security: Strategies to reduce GHG emissions from food loss and waste in emerging economies

01/07/2021

Peru struggles to upgrade its waste management, with landfilling only just overtaking open dumpsters as the main disposal method. Despite the benefits of this transition, including reduced environmental impacts to water and soil, previous studies demonstrated that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions m...

How off-grid cold storage systems can help farmers reduce post-harvest losses

16/10/2019

A transition to off-grid, solar-powered cold storage systems can reduce food waste and make more food available for subsistence and sales, ensuring food security and economic development while minimizing the adverse effects of conventional, fossil fuel-based agricultural value chains.

Environmental perspectives for food loss reduction via smart sensors: A global life cycle assessment

10/11/2022

This study incorporates theoretical and empirical perspectives in developing an understanding that, whether there is a leverage on the key environmental impacts through the potential large-scale application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the food supply chain, assisted with integrated shelf ...

The Italian Observatory on Food Surplus, Recovery, and Waste: The Development Process and Future Achievements

27/01/2022

Italy has adopted a consolidated approach toward this issue, in particular through the redistribution of food surplus to those in need, a policy that was instituted with the Gadda Law 166/2016.

Comprehensive Measurement of Italian Domestic Food Waste in a European Framework

01/02/2021

There is a need to establish a monitoring system led by the Italian Observatory on Food Surplus, Recovery and Waste to apply a methodology that permits comparison with other European countries. In 2018, a survey involving a representative sample of 1142 Italian households was carried out.