Going to waste – missed opportunities in the battle to improve food security

One-third of all food produced for human consumption worldwide is lost or wasted. At a Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Addressing Food Waste in Times of Crisis’, held in June 2012, experts called for greater focus on the issue. This CTA Policy Brief looks at solutions to address food loss in the S...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2012
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75385
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description One-third of all food produced for human consumption worldwide is lost or wasted. At a Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Addressing Food Waste in Times of Crisis’, held in June 2012, experts called for greater focus on the issue. This CTA Policy Brief looks at solutions to address food loss in the South, including making affordable post-harvest and processing technologies available to producers and adopting a stronger value chain approach. It also highlights options for tackling the needless squandering of food (mainly a problem in the North), such as legislation, engaging with the private sector (supermarkets) and educating consumers.
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spelling CGSpace753852021-02-24T08:23:42Z Going to waste – missed opportunities in the battle to improve food security Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation One-third of all food produced for human consumption worldwide is lost or wasted. At a Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Addressing Food Waste in Times of Crisis’, held in June 2012, experts called for greater focus on the issue. This CTA Policy Brief looks at solutions to address food loss in the South, including making affordable post-harvest and processing technologies available to producers and adopting a stronger value chain approach. It also highlights options for tackling the needless squandering of food (mainly a problem in the North), such as legislation, engaging with the private sector (supermarkets) and educating consumers. 2012 2016-05-30T16:21:47Z 2016-05-30T16:21:47Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75385 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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