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Key Messages on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

September 29, 2021 Celia Hernandez, Program Assistant, Office of the Chief Economist

Around the world, roughly one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted from farm to table, amounting to around 1.3 billion tonnes per year. Covid-19 has exposed vulnerabilities in our food systems and heightened the need to remedy food loss and waste (FLW), both locally and...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety