EU Fisheries Council ban fish discards The EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council have decided to phase out discards by the European fishing industry over the next four years. It is estimated that anything from 8 percent (up to 98 percent for some species) – 1.3 million tonnes – of European fish is thrown dead back into the sea. (EC impact assessment, 2011). NRC NORCAP supports SAVE FOOD The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is supporting the global Save Food Initiative with a Communications and Partnerships consultant. The post is part of NRC’s Nordic Capacity Programme (NORCAP), which strengthens the international organisations through rapid deployment of professional and experienced personnel. Africa: Cutting Food Waste Crucial to Ensuring Food Security One of Africa’s food waste hotspots is the Dandora rubbish dump on the outskirts of Nairobi. The presence of pigs, marabou storks, dogs and other animals - as well as human scavengers - indicates there is plenty to eat. Even in Kenya, more food gets produced than is consumed Thousands of smallholder farmers with farms under ten acres supply over 70 percent of the nearly 250 000 metric tonnes of fruits and vegetables exported from Kenya every year, but more than 50 percent of their produce often never reaches where it was intended in the first place: the dining table. Online food exchange has had a good start SAVE FOOD co-founder Messe Düsseldorf reports on a German food waste initiative helping distribute surplus food. Users can specify on foodsharing.de what kind of food they have, in what quantities, and where it can be collected, and interested parties may arrange to pick it up for free. Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM) features SAVE FOOD The Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition, the global partnership for eradication of hunger and malnutrition, is covering food losses and waste as one mechanism of reducing hunger and malnutrition. The April edition will feature the recent partnership between SAVE FOOD and the Global FoodBanking Network, member of the US Alliance to end hunger. |
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This newsletter presents ongoing activities in the area of food losses and waste. It does not necessarily reflect the views of any individual partner in SAVE FOOD, nor that of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. If you have items that you think would fit |
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SAVE FOOD presents at the Sustainability in Packaging Conference in Florida Food packaging plays an increasingly key role in reducing food losses and waste along the entire value chain, from harvesting, storage, transport and sale. Joseph Mpagalile (FAO) presented some implications on food losses waste for the packaging sector, as well as outlining a way forward. EU FUSIONS: Optimising food use for social innovation The second stakeholder meeting for the EU funded FUSIONS project (Food Use for Social Innovation by Optimising Waste Prevention Strategies) was held in Lund in Sweden in March. FUSIONS is establishing a platform to develop a strategy to prevent food loss and waste throughout Europe. FAO SAVE FOOD presents at the Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco SAVE FOOD participated in the Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco through the FAO Liaison Office for North America. The summit brought together 160 food industry executives to address supply chain inefficiencies leading to over a third of human food production lost and wasted. UNEP Governing Council When the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently held its Governing Council reception, they added a twist: All vegetables used in the dinner had been rejected by exporters for cosmetic reasons – a leading global cause of food waste. One third photo-exhibition displayed in Nairobi SAVE FOOD partnered with UNEP and Alliance Française to bring Klaus Pichler’s renowned photo exhibit to Nairobi. One third of all food is either wasted or lost, and Pichler has beautifully photographed normal food items in various stages of decay to illustrate this point. Expert Consultation on Food Losses and Waste Reduction in the Near East Region The FAO regional conference for the Near East Region (NERC) highlighted the importance of assisting member countries to address the key challenges related to food losses and waste and developing a plan to reduce them by 50 percent within ten years in the Near East Region. |
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