Publicaciones
Metodología de evaluación de puntos críticos de pérdidas de alimentos | Curso en línea
30/10/2022
La pérdida de alimentos es un problema complejo, a menudo con causas múltiples e interrelacionadas que operan a diferentes niveles. Este curso de aprendizaje en línea presenta la metodología de evaluación de la FAO para el análisis de puntos críticos de la pérdida de alimentos.
Código de conducta voluntario para la reducción de las pérdidas y el desperdicio de alimentos
20/07/2022
Elaborado en atención a una solicitud formulada por el Comité de Agricultura (COAG) de la FAO en 2018 y aprobado por la Conferencia de la FAO en su 42.º período de sesiones, en junio de 2021, este Código de conducta voluntario para la reducción de las pérdidas y el desperdicio de alimentos presenta un marco de medidas genérico y los principios rectores que deberían seguirse para reducir las pérdidas y el desperdicio de alimentos
RBA Project brochure
29/06/2021
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT “MAINSTREAMING FOOD LOSS REDUCTION INITIATIVES FOR SMALLHOLDERS IN FOOD DEFICIT AREAS” JOINTLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS ROME-BASED AGENCIES
Food Waste Index Report 2021
22/04/2021
The Food Waste Index Report aims at supporting the goals of SDG 12.3. It does so by presenting the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, generating a new estimate of global food waste.
Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic
01/01/2021
Millions of smallholder farmers in low-income countries are highly vulnerable to food-supply shocks, and reducing this vulnerability remains challenging in view of climatic changes. Restrictions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic produced a severe supply-side shock in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, including through frictions in agricultural markets. We...
2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
01/01/2021
COVID-19 has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons and momentum from the world’s response to the pandemic can contribute to food system change. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and experts explore the impacts...
Observability of food safety losses in maize: Evidence from Kenya
01/01/2021
Like many other quality attributes, food safety tends to degrade after harvest, but unlike losses in quantity and many quality attributes, food safety losses are not readily observable by market actors. This implies the absence of incentives to address food safety losses specifically. To the extent that food safety is...
Avances legislativos sobre prevención y reducción de pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe. FAO Estudio Legislativo N.o 116
01/01/2021
Prevenir y reducir las pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos es esencial para avanzar en la promoción de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles y lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Agenda 2030. En particular, la meta 12.3 que busca reducir a la mitad las pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos en todas las fases de la cadena productiva al año 2030.
Support to the development of national strategies for post-harvest loss reduction
01/01/2021
This technical brief discusses the process of development of the Uganda national strategy on post-harvest loss reduction in grain supply chains which was developed in the framework of the project using the FAO food loss analysis methodology. The brief shares recommendations and lessons learned from the development of the strategy,...
An analysis of multi-stakeholder initiatives to reduce food loss and waste in an emerging country – Brazil
01/01/2021
This paper aims to investigate the roles adopted by the distinct stakeholders that are engaged in a voluntary initiative to reduce food loss and waste (FLW) in the context of an emerging country. Data were collected by way of participant observation in multi-stakeholder events, observation visits and interviews with 54...
On the origins of food loss
01/01/2021
In this paper, authors try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Their results show that producers' education and experience and the number of years in which a producer has been involved in the production of a specific crop are significantly correlated with reduction in FL....
Mitigación de riesgos en los sistemas alimentarios durante COVID-19: Reducción de la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos
08/12/2020
La pandemia COVID-19 sigue causando estragos en todo el mundo y generando desafíos importantes que podrían resultar en riesgos para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en varios países. Los países están decretando confinamientos, restringiendo los desplazamientos y promoviendo el distanciamiento físico para contener la pandemia.
The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV-2021) Background Paper
01/01/2020
This background paper outlines the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, but also examines the various aspects of the fruit and vegetable sector from a food systems approach: from sustainable production and trade to loss and waste management. This paper provides an overview of the sector and a framework and...
El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2019
31/10/2019
La publicación de la FAO, El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación (SOFA) 2019, contiene los mensajes clave y los puntos principales de la publicación y está dirigida a los medios, los responsables políticos y al público general
The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction.
01/01/2019
Reducing food loss and waste is widely seen as an important way to reduce production costs and increase the efficiency of the food system, improve food security and nutrition, and contribute towards environmental sustainability. Growing attention to food loss and waste is reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG...
Género y pérdida de alimentos en cadenas de valor alimentarias sostenibles – Guía de orientación
01/07/2018
Guía para PyMEs agroalimentarias sostenibles Contribución para la prevención y reducción de pérdidas de alimentos en el sector privado. Esta Guía se presenta en el marco del Programa de Cooperación Técnica de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Gender and food loss in sustainable value chains. A guiding note
01/01/2018
The purpose of this publication is to help policy-makers, project designers and field practitioners to understand and analyse the nexus between gender equality and food loss, while offering practical guidance on, and tools for, integrating gender concerns into the planning and implementation of food loss studies and reduction strategies and...
Community of Practice on food loss reduction
01/01/2017
Community of Practice on food loss reduction flyer to explain how the CoP serves as a convener of knowledge and experience and for networking between different actors and institutions
Technical manual for the construction and use of family-sized metal silos to store cereals and grain legumes
01/01/2015
The Technical manual for the construction and use of family-sized metal silos to store cereals and grain legumes was produced in the Division of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-industries (AGS) of FAO as a significant technical contribution to preventing losses in the post-harvest phase of grains and cereals. It is designed...
The role of producer organizations in reducing food loss and waste
01/01/2012
The losses incurred in developing countries are largely due to infrastructural constraints related to poor transport, storage, processing and packaging facilities, in addition to capacity gaps that result in inefficient production, harvesting, processing and transport of food. Depending on the commodity and the local context, these activities – which are...