Global food losses and food waste
Subtitle: extent, causes and prevention : study conducted for the International Congress "Save Food!" at Interpack 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany
By: by Jenny Gustavsson ... [et al.].
Publisher: Food  and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Food supply; Waste (Economics); Food industry and trade; Waste disposal; Sustainable agriculture
Description: Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year--approximately 1.3 billion tons--gets lost or wasted, according to an FAO-commissioned study. The study highlights the losses occurring along the enitre food chain, and makes assessments of their magnitude. Further, it identifies causes of food losses and possible ways of preventing them.
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