Food waste upcycling via livestock to address multiple sustainability objectives

11/07/2024

Food loss and waste (FLW) represent one of the most significant failures of our global food system. It is estimated that 33 to 40% of global food production is lost or wasted along the entire supply chain, from farms to consumers. This staggering amount of FLW not only represents several hundred ...

How Much Food Loss and Waste Do Countries with Problems with Food Security Generate?

27/04/2023

Worldwide, the number of people suffering from hunger is around 702 and 828 million, and 2.3 billion people have moderate or severe food insecurity. This situation is striking, considering that the vast amount of food discarded globally equals 1.3 billion tons annually. For this reason, in 2015, ...

The management and prevention of food losses and waste in low- and middle-income countries: A mini-review in the Africa region

02/08/2023

This mini-review analyses food losses and waste (FLW) management in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identifies potential strategies to improve FLW management efficiency on the African continent. To achieve this aim, a search of grey and published scientific literature-case studies, f...

Identifying fruit and vegetable losses and waste causing factors in supply chain towards achieving sustainable consumption and production

26/03/2024

With a growing population and rising demand, food loss and wastage (FLW) has emerged as one of the major issues of the early twenty-first century. As per the United Nation approximately 13% of the food gets wasted after harvesting and 17% goes wasted in consumption level thus an effective food wa...

Assessing Food Loss and Waste in Chile: Insights for Policy and Sustainable Development Goals

27/06/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that Latin America and the Caribbean experienced the most rapid rise in food insecurity, with approximately 47.7 million individuals in the region affected by hunger in 2022. In Chile, almost three million people, 15.6% of the country’s populati...

Digital Technologies, Sustainability, and Efficiency in Grain Post-Harvest Activities: A Bibliometric Analysis

01/02/2024

Post-harvest grain processes play a crucial role in food supply chains. Recent research focuses on how digital technologies can minimize grain losses, enhance food safety, and reduce their environmental impacts. The relationship between technologies and efficiency and sustainability needs more cl...

Turning Food Loss and Food Waste into Watts: A Review of Food Waste as an Energy Source

28/06/2024

Food loss (FL) and food waste (FW) have become severe global problems, contributing to resource inefficiency and environmental degradation. Approximately 6% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) are derived from FW, which is usually discarded in landfills, emitting methane, a gas that is 28 times mo...

Food Loss and Waste: Mixed Analysis from the Circular Food Economy

17/04/2024

Food products have unique characteristics among economic sectors. They include perishability, several special requirements for storage and transport, and the availability of soils with specific conditions to obtain high-quality crops. Moreover, because more consumers have become interested recent...

Leveraging food waste for electricity: A low-carbon approach in energy sector for mitigating climate change and achieving net zero emission in Hong Kong (China)

01/02/2024

In recent years, food waste has been a global concern that contributes to climate change. To deal with the rising impacts of climate change, in Hong Kong, food waste is converted into electricity in the framework of low-carbon approach. This work provides an overview of the conversion of food was...

Assessing nutritional and economic aspects of food loss and waste in China

30/11/2023

Addressing FLW requires comprehensive data to adequately prioritize its reduction and evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. However, the nutritional and economic losses associated with FLW in China are poorly understood. We used multiple indicators to assess FLW in China from nutritional and economic perspectives and conducted a scenario analysis of the benefits of its reduction.