International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
- A.A.S.
- Sep 28, 2024
- 1 min read
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.
Globally, around 13.2 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 19 percent of total global food production is wasted in households, in the food service and in retail all together
This International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2024 will highlight the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, contribute to achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Key facts
In 2022, the world wasted 1,05 billion tons of food.
On average, each person wastes 79kg of food annually.
Food loss and waste generates 8-10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – almost five times the total emissions from the aviation sector.
Households waste over 1 billion meals worth of edible food every day, the equivalent of 1,3 meals every day for everyone in the world affected by hunger.
Source: The United Nations
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