Food Waste and Losses

Press release… Viorel Gutu, Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Turkey emphasized that hunger and malnutrition are on the rise and that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still reverberating around the world. 7 October 2021, Virtual event – In the context of celebrations to mark World …

Turkey is set to initiate the “Cold Chain Financing Support Programme” with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization (KOSGEB), seeking to reduce vegetable and fruit waste at a time when inflation is causing upward pressure on food prices, the country’s industry and technology minister said Wednesday. Mustafa Varank, along …

. One third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tones — gets lost or wasted.• Cities occupy just 3% of the world’s land but account for 60 to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and 75% of natural resources consumed• 95% …

Press release… European Union Delegation to Turkey and United Nations Development Programme… A new EUR 9.2 million facility funded by the EU and constructed by UNDP provides green solutions to help the municipality meet daunting challenges in waste management Gaziantep, 5 October 2021 – A state-of-the-art waste management facility that …

Press release… AK Party İzmir Deputy and Deputy Chairwoman of Local Administrations Ceyda Bölünmez Çankırı made a speech at a panel on the occasion of ’29 September International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste” within the scope of the ‘Save Your Food, Protect Your Table’ project carried out …

Agriculture Minister Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli stated that thanks to the awareness created with the “Save Your Food” campaign, households have economised 100 million dollars. Speaking at the session titled “Working together to achieve the zero hunger goal: Successful projects implemented by the Ministries of Agriculture” at the G20 Agriculture Ministers …

Press release… Virtual event… The Subregional conference on food loss and waste reduction is organized by FAO in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey on 29 September, to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.The event aims to encourage governments in Central Asia, …

Press release… Unharvested peaches grown in Selçuk district of İzmir province; within the scope of the Volunteer Final Harvest Project carried out jointly by İzmir Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, Konak and Selçuk Districts Directorates of Agriculture and Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), it was delivered to the …

The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced severe food insecurity during COVID-19, according to a recent report by the country’s Foods Standards Agency. …

According to the new report published by the United Nations, there will be serious famine in 23 different points around the world in the next 4 months. The 2 sub-organizations of the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), in their advice published …