Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints

Theoretically, the world produces enough food to nourish the growing world population. Although precise data remains scarce, according to most recent studies, globally each year possibly as much as 30 per cent of the food produced is being lost or wasted somewhere between farm and fork. This not o...

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Main Authors: Axmann, H.B., Guo, X., Broeze, J., Harbers, C., Viquez-Zamora, M., Soethoudt, J.M.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139267
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author Axmann, H.B.
Guo, X.
Broeze, J.
Harbers, C.
Viquez-Zamora, M.
Soethoudt, J.M.
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Broeze, J.
Guo, X.
Harbers, C.
Soethoudt, J.M.
Viquez-Zamora, M.
author_facet Axmann, H.B.
Guo, X.
Broeze, J.
Harbers, C.
Viquez-Zamora, M.
Soethoudt, J.M.
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description Theoretically, the world produces enough food to nourish the growing world population. Although precise data remains scarce, according to most recent studies, globally each year possibly as much as 30 per cent of the food produced is being lost or wasted somewhere between farm and fork. This not only represents a threat to food security but also severely and negatively impacts our food systems and natural resources. Food Loss and Waste (FLW) accounts for around 8 to 10 percent of our global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGEs). Approximately a quarter of all freshwater used by agriculture is associated to the lost and wasted food. 4.4 million km² of land is used to grow food which is lost or wasted (FAO, 2019; WWF, 2021; Guo et al., 2020). The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 calls to ‘halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses’ (Lipinski, B. 2022). With only 7 years to go, the world is far from being on track to achieve this target.
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spelling CGSpace1392672024-11-07T09:46:36Z Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints Axmann, H.B. Guo, X. Broeze, J. Harbers, C. Viquez-Zamora, M. Soethoudt, J.M. food systems nutrition greenhouse gas emissions food losses food waste Theoretically, the world produces enough food to nourish the growing world population. Although precise data remains scarce, according to most recent studies, globally each year possibly as much as 30 per cent of the food produced is being lost or wasted somewhere between farm and fork. This not only represents a threat to food security but also severely and negatively impacts our food systems and natural resources. Food Loss and Waste (FLW) accounts for around 8 to 10 percent of our global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGEs). Approximately a quarter of all freshwater used by agriculture is associated to the lost and wasted food. 4.4 million km² of land is used to grow food which is lost or wasted (FAO, 2019; WWF, 2021; Guo et al., 2020). The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 calls to ‘halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses’ (Lipinski, B. 2022). With only 7 years to go, the world is far from being on track to achieve this target. 2024-01 2024-02-12T22:12:14Z 2024-02-12T22:12:14Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139267 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127171 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139142 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Axmann, H; Guo, X.; Broeze, J.; Harbers, C.; Víquez-Zamora, M.; and Soethoudt, JM. 2024. Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints. CGIAR; and Wageningen Food and Biobased Research
spellingShingle food systems
nutrition
greenhouse gas emissions
food losses
food waste
Axmann, H.B.
Guo, X.
Broeze, J.
Harbers, C.
Viquez-Zamora, M.
Soethoudt, J.M.
Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title_full Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title_fullStr Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title_full_unstemmed Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title_short Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile Colombia: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title_sort mitigate food loss and waste country profile colombia estimates of food loss and waste associated ghg emissions nutritional losses land use and water footprints
topic food systems
nutrition
greenhouse gas emissions
food losses
food waste
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139267
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