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Food Policy Special Issue - Food Loss and Waste
12/09/2020
A Special Issue on Food loss and waste based on several SOFA 2019 findings articles is available for consultation.
Solar energy drying for root crop development in the Caribbean region
11/09/2020
A webinar titled “Solar energy drying for root crop development in the Caribbean region” was convened on 6 August 2020, by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in the framework of a Letter of Agreement (LoA), with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un...
Japan collects and shares good practices to accelerate actions for food loss and waste reduction
10/09/2020
A variety of new businesses are encouraging the reduction of food loss and waste in Japan and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) collects and shares the good practices to accelerate the actions to reduce food loss and waste.
NOT IN MY BIN! How the Mediterranean Diet can contribute to Food Loss and Waste reduction
08/09/2020
On 23 September 2020, an online event (below a link to its recording) part of the initiative “Mediterranean Diet’s Principles for Agenda 2030”, a series of thematic sessions promoted by the Italian Permanent Representation aimed to raise awareness on how the Mediterranean Diet can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
SAVE THE DATE Virtual closing event of the United Nations Rome-Based Agencies joint project: “Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas”
06/09/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) take pleasure in inviting you to attend a virtual closing event of the UN Rome-Based Agencies joint project “Ma...