The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy in July 2021.

Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, the Pre-Summit e...

Nairobi/Paris, 4 March 2021 – An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food services, according to new UN research conducted to support global efforts to halve food was...

The One Planet network is holding consultations to collectively define a common agenda for action building on the findings of the joint task group of the International Resource Panel and the One Planet network Report: “Catalysing science-based policy action on sustainable consumption and p...

Eumind (Europa se encuentra con la India) es una red de escuelas destinada a facilitar el aprendizaje a través de las fronteras. Crea y supervisa proyectos de intercambio virtual en los que estudiantes indios y europeos trabajan juntos sobre cuestiones de la vida real, como la sostenibilidad, los derechos humanos y las artes y la cultura. Entre otros proyectos llevados a cabo por estudiantes sobre diversos temas, inspirados en el material educativo de la iniciativa DO GOOD: SAVE FOOD! de la FAO, se puso en marcha un nuevo proyecto sobre “el ahorro de alimentos” siguiendo el conjunto de instrumentos de DO GOOD: SAVE FOOD! elaborado por la FAO y la Coalición Internacional contra el Desperdicio de Alimentos

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en colaboración con el Programa sobre sistemas alimentarios sostenibles de la red One Planet, organizó un acto paralelo centrado en impulsar la reducción de la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos a través de la innovación, coincidiendo con el 47.º período de sesiones del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA).

La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas designó el año 2021 como el Año Internacional de las Frutas y Verduras (AIFV). La FAO es el organismo encargado de celebrar el año en colaboración con otras organizaciones y órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas.

How to reduce food loss and waste, FAO and ECLAC policy brief

En el discurso que pronunció en el acto, el Director General de la FAO describió la iniciativa como "una oportunidad única para sensibilizar a nivel mundial". Asimismo, señaló que la pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) había obligado a las personas a encontrar nuevas formas de luchar contra el hambre y la malnutrición y declaró que gracias al Año Internacional de las Frutas y Verduras se destacaría la función que desempeñan las tecnologías digitales en la mejora de la nutrición y las oportunidades de mercado.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)  launched a new tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ date to their products.

EFSA has developed a tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ date to...

In his address to the 165th Session of the FAO Council today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, made a comprehensive report on the UN agency's work and engagement in the past 16 months, updating the Council on important activi...

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia digital talk about Post-Harvest Losses, which took place in late November, addressed the avoidance of losses by improved process management and handling of crops as well as opportunities to fund collaborative projects to introduce new technologies.

FAO hosted a discussion on the importance of reducing food loss and waste featuring the award-winning journalist Dan Saladino, FAO’s Chief Economist Máximo Torero, author and activist Tristram Stuart, co-found...

Agro-processors and agro-processing groups interested in utilising a renewable energy resource for the preservation of food have commenced one week of training.

On 29 September 2020, the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was celebrated. It came during the global COVID-19 pandemic, that has brought about a global wake-up on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and con...

A Special Issue on Food loss and waste based on several SOFA 2019 findings articles is available for consultation.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Disruptions in supply chains resulting from blockages on transport routes, transport restrictions and quarantine measures are resulting in significant increases in food loss and waste, especially of perishable agricultural produce such as fruits and vegetables, fish, meat and dairy products.