Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America – White Paper

01/01/2017

With close to 168 million tonnes of food lost and wasted in North America each year, the issue of food waste commands our urgent attention. The CEC White Paper for the Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America addresses some of the most fundamental questions about these issues.

Integrating Gender Roles, Social Equity and Post Harvest Management Policies to Improve Rural Household’s Food Security

01/01/2017

This policy brief describes the current status of policies and programs in Benin and Mozambique, with the aim of identifying potential gender and social sensitive post-harvest initiatives, thereby supporting their transition to a more sustainable and inclusive food security economy.

The High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Food Losses and Food Waste in Asia and the Pacific Region | Report

01/01/2014

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2011, launched the Save Food Initiative, which is a global initiative on food loss and waste reduction. Under the banner of this initiative, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), in December 2012, established collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand to launch a region-wide Campaign under the banner, “Save Food Asia-Pacific.”

Toolkit. Reducing the Food Wastage Footprint

01/01/2013

The aim of the Toolkit is to showcase concrete examples of good practices for food loss and waste reduction, while pointing to information sources, guidelines and pledges favoring food wastage reduction. The inspirational examples featured throughout this Tool kit demonstrate that everyone, from individual households and producers, through governments, to large food industries, can make choices that will ultimately lead to FLW reduction.

The role of producer organizations in reducing food loss and waste

01/01/2012

The losses incurred in developing countries are largely due to infrastructural constraints related to poor transport, storage, processing and packaging facilities, in addition to capacity gaps that result in inefficient production, harvesting, processing and transport of food.