Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions

The report focuses on the role that food loss and waste (FLW) could play in reducing the environmental footprint of food systems while attempting to meet the caloric and nutrient needs of a population expected to increase by 3 billion people in the...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	FOOD SECURITY FOOD LOSS AND WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT FOOD SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY NUTRITION FOOD DISTRIBUTION CONSUMER WASTE PRODUCER LOSS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549221601305124823/Addressing-Food-Loss-and-Waste-A-Global-Problem-with-Local-Solutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34521

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spelling	okr-10986-345212021-05-25T09:50:01Z Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions World Bank FOOD SECURITY FOOD LOSS AND WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT FOOD SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY NUTRITION FOOD DISTRIBUTION CONSUMER WASTE PRODUCER LOSS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS The report focuses on the role that food loss and waste (FLW) could play in reducing the environmental footprint of food systems while attempting to meet the caloric and nutrient needs of a population expected to increase by 3 billion people in the next 30 years. The performance of the global food system over the last century has been extraordinary. From a global population of 1.6 billion people in 1900 to nearly 8 billion in 2020, the agri-food sector has risen to the challenge of providing global caloric sufficiency, mainly by increasing yields of a few principal staple crops. However, this path is no longer sustainable. 2020-09-28T18:08:26Z 2020-09-28T18:08:26Z 2020-09-28 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549221601305124823/Addressing-Food-Loss-and-Waste-A-Global-Problem-with-Local-Solutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34521 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study
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topic	FOOD SECURITY FOOD LOSS AND WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT FOOD SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY NUTRITION FOOD DISTRIBUTION CONSUMER WASTE PRODUCER LOSS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
spellingShingle	FOOD SECURITY FOOD LOSS AND WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT FOOD SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY NUTRITION FOOD DISTRIBUTION CONSUMER WASTE PRODUCER LOSS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS World Bank Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
description	The report focuses on the role that food loss and waste (FLW) could play in reducing the environmental footprint of food systems while attempting to meet the caloric and nutrient needs of a population expected to increase by 3 billion people in the next 30 years. The performance of the global food system over the last century has been extraordinary. From a global population of 1.6 billion people in 1900 to nearly 8 billion in 2020, the agri-food sector has risen to the challenge of providing global caloric sufficiency, mainly by increasing yields of a few principal staple crops. However, this path is no longer sustainable.
format	Report
author	World Bank
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title	Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
title_short	Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
title_full	Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
title_fullStr	Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
title_full_unstemmed	Addressing Food Loss and Waste : A Global Problem with Local Solutions
title_sort	addressing food loss and waste : a global problem with local solutions
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549221601305124823/Addressing-Food-Loss-and-Waste-A-Global-Problem-with-Local-Solutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34521
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