International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

This year   the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste was organized.

Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and/or wasted every day.

Food loss and waste also puts unnecessary pressure on the natural resource base and on the environment, depleting the natural resource base and generating greenhouse gases.

Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail. Significant quantities are also wasted in retail and at the consumption level.