In 2015, under the Presidency of Turkey, the G20 is emphasizing food loss and waste reduction as a contribution to sustainable food systems. The agenda includes interventions involving both high- and low-income countries in issues such as support to methodological measurement and improved small-scale storage, processing and transport facilities. Read more...

Each year, one-third of the food produced is wasted. Not only does this lead to major economic losses but the natural resources used for growing, processing, packaging, transporting and marketing food are also wasted, increasing greenhouse gas emissions for no purpose. Read more...

FAO provides technical assistance to governments’ planning and policy initiatives, while FAO experts work with family farmers to help them achieve sustainable gains in agricultural productivity and improve their harvesting and post-harvest techniques – including by constructing silos – leading to better-quality produce and less loss and waste. Read more...

FAO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are jointly developing a programme on sustainable food systems under the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns. The Programme further elaborates its focus on consumption issues, food losses and waste. Read more...

The course – held from 4 to 8 May in Cremona, Italy – will present some of the issues related to food losses and waste occurring along the food supply chain, with a focus on logistics, distribution and final consumption. Robert van Otterdijk, team leader of FAO’s SAVE FOOD Initiative, will present a lecture on SAVE FOOD issues, strategies and lessons learned. Read more...

The World Resources Institute is pleased to announce that the Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Protocol Steering Committee is starting the pilot testing and external review phase of the FLW Standard. The draft text of the standard is now available for public review and comment. Read more...

In a BBC radio documentary on food waste Dan Saladino hears three stories of how three very different people are reimagining food waste to solve problems, discover flavours, and change lives. Read more...

The F&BKP Knowledge Portal is a gateway to cutting-edge knowledge on food and nutrition security for experts. The initiative is part of the international development agenda of the Government of the Netherlands.

The sustainability platform innonatives connects actors with sustainability problems to actors who have found or would like to contribute to generating solutions. The Food Waste Challenge needs partners to help define ideas and implement the most valuable solution(s). Challenge owners can reserve the right to license copyrights for the best solutions. Please contact Ursula Tischner at [email protected] for details.

Sealed Air Corporation participated in the recent Global Food Safety Initiative conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 3 to 5 March. The conference welcomed experts and representatives from food services, food retailers and food and beverage manufacturers from more than 60 countries to discuss the theme “Food Safety: A Shared Responsibility”.

A new Nordic Council of Ministers study indicates that food banks can significantly reduce food waste in the Nordic countries. Food banks in Europe serve more than 3 million meals each year – using food that would otherwise have been thrown away.

The 9th Annual Food Bank Leadership Institute convened an impressive group of more than 75 food bankers representing 35 countries, representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP) and FAO, numerous corporate supporters, and other thought leaders.

The Agricultural Research Organization in Israel has signed a memorandum of understanding forming a partnership with the World Food Preservation Center in the United States of America, with the goal of reducing post-harvest losses of food in developing countries.