Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform

Food Wastage Footprint - Impacts on Natural Resources – Summary report

2013

This study provides a global account of the environmental footprint of food wastage (i.e. both food loss and food waste) along the food supply chain, focusing on impacts on climate, water, land and biodiversity. 

Countries: Non-country specific
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Carbon footprint, Water footprint, Biodiversity, Food losses and food waste
Authoring organization: BIO-Intelligence Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
References (Download): EN