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.

Just a few days before Stop Food Waste Day on 30 April, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has successfully delivered the first regional edition of a virtual learning course on tackling food loss and waste (FLW).

People who care about nutrition are more effective at cutting food waste than those motivated by sustainability alone, a new study has found.

The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) has just been selected as one of the top 20 projects competing in the 8th edition of the prestigious WSIS Prizes 2025.

Twenty Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have successfully completed a specialised training programme aimed at addressing food loss and waste, a growing challenge to Kenya’s food security.

The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (Sesri) at Qatar University (QU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipality’s Food Security Department, organised a panel discussion on “Estimating the Food Loss and Waste Index: Towards Achieving Food Security and Sustainability”.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appointed the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters as Global Goodwill Ambassadors recognizing the US team’s dedication to raising awareness about food insecurity, food waste, and the importance of healthy diets.

The FAO Food Loss and Waste team visited an international school based in Rome to raise awareness on food loss and waste to present the interactive Food Loss and Waste Challenge, launched on the IDAFLW 2024, and to share a FLW poem jointly produced along the year. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the League of Arab States (LAS), held the 5th International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) in Cairo, Egypt. The event, hosted in a hybrid format, brought together stakeholders from across the region to spotlight ongoing efforts to combat food loss and waste (FLW), with a strong emphasis on the need for greater investment to advance these efforts.

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste global event highlights the critical need for financing and collaboration across the agrifood value chain

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This newsletter highlights significant milestones, showcases innovative projects, and emphasizes the power of collaboration in driving systemic change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change. An online article published on Grist. Climate. Justice. Solutions.

Interview with FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero on the SOFI 2024 report

The fifth observance will highlight the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, contribute to achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) continue to serve as a major source of employment and income generation in the agriculture and tourism sectors in countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market.

By providing accessible information on food loss through video advisories, the FLAPP offers the opportunity to enhance the capacities of farmers, companies, producer associations and cooperatives to make informed decisions and apply evidence-based solutions.

As part of the Swiss-funded project titled "Reducing Food Losses through Improved Post-Harvest Management (PHM) in Ethiopia", FAO supported a post-harvest loss (PHL) assessment study. The study was conducted in four grain crops. Food losses in the country, altough different in terms o...

On occasion of the International Day of Zero Waste observance, UNEP and WRAP launch the Food Waste Index Report 2024. The report provides the latest global estimates on food waste, occurring at retail and consumer level. Addressing food waste is an important facet of embracing zero waste and tackling the climate crisis.

Final meeting of PRIMA project "Innovative Sustainable technologies TO extend the shelf-life of Perishable MEDiterranean fresh fruit, vegetables and aromatic plants and to reduce WASTE." The Project StopMedWaste aims to extend the shelf-life of perishable fresh fruit vegetables and aromatic pla...