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Food Loss and Waste: The Basics
09/04/2025
This Masterclass provides an overview of food loss and waste, their causes and impacts, and showcases examples of actions and approaches that can be taken at all stages of the production-to-consumption continuum, including at the consumer and household levels.
Technical tips to maintain quality and reduce food losses
26/03/2025
Fresh fruits and vegetables are highly perishable and sustain high levels of food losses that translate into a substantial economic loss for small producers. Reducing food losses contributes to improving food security, increasing the efficiency of land and water use and creating financial efficiencies across the food system.
FLAPP (FAO Food Loss App) - Monitoring and Reducing Food Loss in the Dominican Republic
21/01/2025
Food losses include products lost or damaged throughout the value chain up to the wholesale market. Numerous FAO projects work directly with farmers to help diminish these losses. In the Dominican Republic, rice is one of the crops most affected by food loss. The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) can quantify food loss in key crops, identify where losses occur, and provide solutions for farmers.
Technical tips to maintain quality and reduce food losses in mango value chains
19/11/2024
Food losses refer to the decrease in the quantity or quality of food resulting from decisions and actions by food suppliers in the supply chain, excluding retail, food service providers and consumers. Food losses predominate in developing countries. This video includes technical tips on good cold storage practices to maintain the quality, improve the shelf-life and reduce losses of mangoes.
Reducing Post-harvest Food Losses of Dasheen Leaves in Trinidad and Tobago
01/11/2024
Food losses include products lost in transport, handling, packaging, processing and through wholesale markets. Numerous FAO projects work directly with farmers to help diminish these losses. In Trinidad and Tobago, farmers have been learning to maximize harvests of a local crop – taro leaves. Good harvest practices have been improving the quality and shelf-life of leafy vegetables.