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World must look to South America's success in reducing hunger: FAO Chief Economist
24/07/2024
Interview with FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero on the SOFI 2024 report
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International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2024 | Call to Action
30/05/2024
The fifth observance will highlight the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, contribute to achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Food loss reduction: new publication
27/05/2024
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) continue to serve as a major source of employment and income generation in the agriculture and tourism sectors in countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market.
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FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP)
25/04/2024
By providing accessible information on food loss through video advisories, the FLAPP empowers farmers, companies, producer associations, and cooperatives to make informed decisions and apply evidence-based solutions.
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Launch of the Ethiopian post-harvest management strategy
14/04/2024
As part of the Swiss-funded project titled "Reducing Food Losses through Improved Post-Harvest Management (PHM) in Ethiopia", FAO supported a post-harvest loss (PHL) assessment study. The study was conducted in four grain crops. Food losses in the country, altough different in terms o...
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UNEP and WRAP launch the Food Waste Index Report 2024
27/03/2024
On occasion of the International Day of Zero Waste observance, UNEP and WRAP launch the Food Waste Index Report 2024. The report provides the latest global estimates on food waste, occurring at retail and consumer level. Addressing food waste is an important facet of embracing zero waste and tackling the climate crisis.
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Innovative Sustainable technologies TO extend the shelf life of Perishable MEDiterranean fresh fruit, vegetables and aromatic plants and to reduce WASTE | STOPMED WASTE
25/01/2024
Final meeting of PRIMA project "Innovative Sustainable technologies TO
extend the shelf-life of Perishable MEDiterranean fresh fruit, vegetables and aromatic plants and to
reduce WASTE." The Project StopMedWaste aims to extend the shelf-life of perishable fresh fruit vegetables and aromatic pla...
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Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) event| From farm to food donation. How to maximize the potential of preventing harvest losses to ensure food security?
19/01/2024
Best practices for collaborations between farmers and Food Banks on recovering and redistributing produce to charities supporting people in need were discussed at GFFA.
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Country traditions | Fresh fruit in warm climates and traditional cakes in cool climates to celebrate the holiday season.
14/12/2023
It is the time of the year again when families and friends get together and celebrate the holiday season. A time to give thanks and share our blessings with one another. A time for traditional festivities and joyful celebrations.
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In Thailand, discovering a better way to waste not, want not
07/12/2023
A news story by Jong-Jin Kim, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific.