Food loss and waste (FLW) can be a reservoir and even an accelerator for anti-microbial resistance (AMR), highlighting that it should be integrated into AMR surveillance and management strategies, according to experts at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

With global temperatures and food insecurity both on the rise, governments and private-sector companies are increasingly turning to cold chain infrastructure as a way to reduce post-harvest food loss.

The Asian Regional Symposium jointly organized by COSAMB, FAO, and WUWM, positioned Surat as a benchmark city for sustainable wholesale markets and circular economy practices.

Indonesian Central Statistics Agency and FAO conducted a workshop in Jakarta to enhance the country’s capacity to monitor and reduce food loss using the global Food Loss Index methodology.

As world leaders gather in Brazil to discuss the climate crisis, the mass wasting of food needs our attention.

Speakers and “Food Heroes” including Indigenous Leader Judy Kipkenda, Professor and chef Ricardo Frugoli and celebrity chefs Victoire Gouloubi and Xin Ge Liu told inspirational stories, while offering tips on nutrition and healthy diets, food diversity and reducing food waste.

The targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive entered into force on 16 October, introducing common rules for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles and setting binding food waste reduction targets for Member States.

Here, Bottura shares how turning attention to food waste is not only an environmentally responsible thing to do, but also an act of memory and beauty.  

This project in Kinale is part of a larger UNEP effort to support the rollout of cold chain infrastructure across rural Africa. “Cold chains are a win for farmers and a win for the environment,” says Hongpeng Lei, Chief of UNEP’s Climate Mitigation Branch.

Special event at FAO headquarters marks the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2025.

On 29 September 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a special event at the United Nations Pavilion of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, to celebrate the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. 

On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with 11 chefs from 8 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, launched the #SinDesperdicioChallenge. This social media challenge encourage...

This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) by highlighting the importance of using data to prevent food waste.

On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW), the Liaison Offices of FAO and UNEP in Brussels visited SOCITY BXL, a local non-profit led by young entrepreneurs passionate about sustainable food. SOCITY rescues unsold organic and bio food from partners such...

Georgian changemaker’s fight for food security turns surplus into sustenance and waste into hope.

Launched under the patronage of First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Türkiye’s Zero Waste initiative marked its eighth anniversary this week, celebrated as a homegrown environmental project that has grown into a global movement recognized by the United Nations.

The updated legislation will introduce binding food waste reduction targets, to be met at national level by 31 December 2030: 10% from food processing and manufacturing and 30% per capita from retail, restaurants, food services and households.

Under the banner Sustainable Transformation of Municipal Markets in Panama: Circular Economy and Zero Waste, the initiative is reimagining markets as spaces where waste is turned into value—recovering, recycling, and reinvesting back into the community.

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.

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.