Food for Thought - Food Waste: A Deep Dive into its Impacts & Concerns CONDENSED Episode
Channel: Nandu G
Date: 30/04/2020

Food Waste is one of the biggest problems facing the world today

Let's #TeachNotToWaste  

Top 8 facts on Food Waste

1. Over 1/3 of all food produced globally goes to waste.   
2. The annual value of food wasted globally is $1 trillion, and it weighs 1.3 billion tonnes. 
3. All the world’s nearly one billion hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the US, UK and Europe.  
4. An area larger than China is used to grow food that is never eaten. 
5. 25% of the world’s fresh water supply is used to grow food that is never eaten.  
6. If food waste were a country it would be the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases (after China & the USA).
7. In most developed countries, over half of all food waste takes place in the home.   
8. 2.3 billion people are joining the planet by 2050 – this will require a 60-70% increase in global food production. Or we can just stop throwing away our food!

Some reference links

http://www.fao.org/save-food/resource...

https://feedbackglobal.org/knowledge-...  

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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

http://www.fao.org/3/i3347e/i3347e.pd...

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/template...
 
This was done with the Cochin Chamber of Commerce.

Do share best innovative and simple solutions to reduce food loss & waste.