Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile China: 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 on...

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Autores principales: Axmann, Heike B., Guo, X., Broeze, J., Harbers, C., Viquez-Zamora, M., Soethoudt, J.M.
Formato: Brief
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Publicado: CGIAR 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139278
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author Axmann, Heike 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, Heike 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 CGSpace1392782024-11-07T09:46:34Z Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile China: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints Axmann, Heike B. Guo, X. Broeze, J. Harbers, C. Viquez-Zamora, M. Soethoudt, J.M. nutrition food systems greenhouse gas emissions food losses food waste land use 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 2024-02-12T22:36:04Z 2024-02-12T22:36:04Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139278 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127170 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139142 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Axmann, H; Guo, X.; Kok, M.; Broeze, J.; Víquez-Zamora, M.; and Soethoudt, JM. 2024. Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile China: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints. CGIAR; and Wageningen Food and Biobased Research.
spellingShingle nutrition
food systems
greenhouse gas emissions
food losses
food waste
land use
Axmann, Heike B.
Guo, X.
Broeze, J.
Harbers, C.
Viquez-Zamora, M.
Soethoudt, J.M.
Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile China: Estimates of Food Loss and Waste, associated GHG emissions, nutritional losses, land use and water footprints
title Mitigate+: Food Loss and Waste country profile China: 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 China: 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 China: 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 China: 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 China: 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 china estimates of food loss and waste associated ghg emissions nutritional losses land use and water footprints
topic nutrition
food systems
greenhouse gas emissions
food losses
food waste
land use
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139278
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