Global Food Losses and Food Waste – Extent, Causes and Prevention
2011
The study highlights the losses occurring along the entire food chain, and makes assessments of their magnitude. Further, it identifies causes of food losses and possible ways of preventing them.
Countries: Non-country specific
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Food losses and food waste, Value chain mapping in general
Personal author: Jenny Gustavsson, Christel Cederberg, Ulf Sonesson, Robert van Otterdijk, Alexandre Meybeck
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
