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FAO Food Loss App recognized as a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion
08/07/2025
FAO is proud to announce that the Food Loss App (FLAPP) has been nominated as a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion under Action Line C7 – E-agriculture. This recognition reaffirms FAO’s leadership in digital innovation for sustainable food systems and the global fight against food loss.
Should we be letting flies eat our food waste?
27/06/2025
In Vilnius, capital of the Baltic state of Lithuania, fly larvae have officially been given the job of processing the 2,700 tonnes of food waste the city's 607,000 residents put out for collection each year, alongside that of the six neighbouring councils.
Baldío in Mexico City
13/06/2025
Baldío in Mexico City is part of a new wave of restaurants embracing a regenerative ethos – there is no bin.
Director-General-of-the-Food-and-Agriculture-Organisation-of-the-United-Nations-Dr-Qu-Dongyu-Agriculture-minister
06/06/2025
Cyprus on Friday agreed to expand its cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), focusing on food waste, water resource management, and food security. The decision came during an official meeting in Nicosia between Agriculture Minister and FAO director-general.
Ghana wastes more food than global average while millions risk hunger
03/05/2025
Professor Marian Asantewah Nkansah, an Environmental Chemist, said Ghana’s food waste problem exceeds global trends, despite millions of people facing the risk of hunger.