In a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly rising since 2014, and tonnes of edible food are lost and/or wasted every day, curbing food loss and waste is essential. Food loss and waste also put unnecessary pressure on the environment, resulting in natural resource depletion and greenhouse gas emissions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and consumed.