- A new report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” by the World Resources Institute (WRI) with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation has quantified global food wastage.
- The report has said that nearly one-third of the food that is produced globally each year goes uneaten,costing the global economy over $940 billion.
- Most of the food loss happens near the farm predominantly in lower income countries and most of the food waste happens near the plate predominantly in higher-income countries.
- The report has said that when viewed as a proportion by weight,of all the food estimated to be lost and wasted globally,fruits and vegetables make up the largest share of total annual food loss and waste.
- Further,uneaten food is also responsible for emitting about 8 percent of planet-warming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
- The report has put forward a Global Action Agenda that calls for (a)developing national strategies for food loss and waste reduction, (b)creating national public-private partnerships (c)launch supply chain initiatives (d)reducing small-holder losses and (e)shifting consumer social norms.
