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21 Oct 2013
COPENHAGEN//WASHINGTON — The World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the first step in designing a global standard for measuring food loss and waste. The forthcoming guidance, ...
18 Oct 2013
In a meeting at FAO Headquarters, 13 agencies consisting of UN and international partner organizations agreed on a way forward to reduce food losses and waste.
It ...
30 Sep 2013
The World Food Programme (WFP) has initiated a project to help smallholder farmers increase their production and food security by reducing post-harvest food loss. The project ...
11 Sep 2013
11 September 2013, Rome - The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also ...
2 Sep 2013
Bangkok, Thailand, 27 Aug 2013 - Denouncing the huge amount of food that goes to waste, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the ...
9 May 2013
09 May 2013, Rome - SAVE FOOD was launched in 2011 as a joint initiative between FAO and private-sector partner Messe Düsseldorf GmbH to have a ...
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24 Oct 2012
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today called on international food communities and all players in the global food system to join together in eradicating ...
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21 Jun 2012
Rio de Janeiro - FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva today warmly welcomed the “Zero Hunger Challenge” announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.“Big problems ...
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13 Jun 2012
13 June 2012, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and key partners are calling on companies and organizations worldwide to ...
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18 May 2012
FAO's 31st Regional Conference for the Near East today called for a 50 percent reduction of food losses and food waste in the region in ...