Food Waste and Losses

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 …

Press release… FAO continues to supply training to food entrepreneurs, suppliers and retailers in the fight against food waste as part of the ‘Save Your Food’ campaign… 3 August 2021, Ankara, Turkey – Each year over 1.3 billion tonnes of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. Furthermore, the volume of wasted …

Press release… There is a goodness in this harvest… This harvest includes both waste prevention and sharing… In the “Volunteer Final Harvest Project”, which aims to reduce loss and waste up to 50 percent in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, the crops not collected by the producer will be …

A message from Lisa Moon, President and CEO of GFN… Dear Partner,I’m going to begin with a sobering reality. Around the world, approximately 768 million people are chronically undernourished, nearly one in three people (2.37 billion) are facing moderate to severe food insecurity and three billion people cannot afford healthy …

Experts, who came together with the ‘2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables’ First Half Evaluation Meeting, said that nearly 50 percent of fruits and vegetables in developed countries are lost during the harvest and consumption process. Organized in cooperation with Antalya Commodity Exchange (ATB), Antalya Agriculture Council (ATAK), Antalya …

12 July 2021, Rome – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the …