Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case
The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6-10% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing FLW can reduce the emission intensity of agricultural production. Moreover, many FLW redu...
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| author | Gromko, Duncan Abdurasulova, Gulbahar |
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| description | The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6-10% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing FLW can reduce the emission intensity of agricultural production. Moreover, many FLW reduction measures are profitable thanks to increased revenues. This study examines the business case for reducing FLW by examining three supply chains in detail: tomatoes in Nigeria, dairy in Kenya, and cereals in Tanzania. The cases reveal key strategies involving enabling environment, credit, business promotion that should inform other efforts to reduce FLW at scale. Additional research is needed to assess social justice and equity and to focus on cases that may directly benefit women. |
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| spelling | CGSpace982382025-02-20T11:27:48Z Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case Gromko, Duncan Abdurasulova, Gulbahar climate change mitigation agriculture cereal horticulture dairy The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6-10% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing FLW can reduce the emission intensity of agricultural production. Moreover, many FLW reduction measures are profitable thanks to increased revenues. This study examines the business case for reducing FLW by examining three supply chains in detail: tomatoes in Nigeria, dairy in Kenya, and cereals in Tanzania. The cases reveal key strategies involving enabling environment, credit, business promotion that should inform other efforts to reduce FLW at scale. Additional research is needed to assess social justice and equity and to focus on cases that may directly benefit women. 2018-11-16 2018-11-16T16:37:34Z 2018-11-16T16:37:34Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98238 en Open Access application/pdf Gromko D, Abdurasalova G. 2018. Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case. CCAFS Working Paper no. 246. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change mitigation agriculture cereal horticulture dairy Gromko, Duncan Abdurasulova, Gulbahar Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title | Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title_full | Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title_fullStr | Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title_short | Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: Exploring the business case |
| title_sort | climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction exploring the business case |
| topic | climate change mitigation agriculture cereal horticulture dairy |
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