Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa
Reducing the huge level of food losses and waste is arguably one of the sustainable ways of closing the food requirement gap in developing countries. Examining selected sub-Saharan Africa countries and utilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Food Balance Sheet data, th...
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| description | Reducing the huge level of food losses and waste is arguably one of the sustainable ways of closing the food requirement gap in developing countries. Examining selected sub-Saharan Africa countries and utilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Food Balance Sheet data, this study suggests that these countries lose over 29% (58.8 million tons) of the primary equivalent component of food. Exploiting the rich data on water and land footprints of food commodities, this study also identified considerable losses in resources – 21% of total water use and 15% of cropland use – associated with the food supply chain losses, with noticeable implications for agricultural sustainability. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1279052025-03-18T19:48:25Z Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa Aragie, Emerta A. resources food losses efficiency water footprint ecological footprint sustainability food wastes water management farmland footprint Reducing the huge level of food losses and waste is arguably one of the sustainable ways of closing the food requirement gap in developing countries. Examining selected sub-Saharan Africa countries and utilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Food Balance Sheet data, this study suggests that these countries lose over 29% (58.8 million tons) of the primary equivalent component of food. Exploiting the rich data on water and land footprints of food commodities, this study also identified considerable losses in resources – 21% of total water use and 15% of cropland use – associated with the food supply chain losses, with noticeable implications for agricultural sustainability. 2022-05 2023-01-23T16:23:39Z 2023-01-23T16:23:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127905 en Limited Access SAGE Publications Aragie, Emerta. 2022. Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies 57(3): 446-461. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00219096211020490 |
| spellingShingle | resources food losses efficiency water footprint ecological footprint sustainability food wastes water management farmland footprint Aragie, Emerta A. Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub saharan africa |
| topic | resources food losses efficiency water footprint ecological footprint sustainability food wastes water management farmland footprint |
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