Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25396

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Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste

Proceedings of a Workshop

(2019)

Even as malnutrition in the form of hunger and obesity affect the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide, a significant amount of food is lost or wasted every day, in every country, and at every stage in the supply chain from the farm to the household. According to a 2011 estimate by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), about one-third of food produced is lost or wasted globally. Beyond quantity estimates, however, less is known about the impacts on farmers, food prices, food availability, and environment of reducing food loss and waste.

On October 17, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a workshop to examine key challenges that arise in reducing food loss and waste throughout the supply chain and discussed potential ways to address these challenges. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; Science and Technology for Sustainability Program; Committee on Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Workshop on Impacts; Franklin Carrero-Martínez, Emi Kameyama, and Paula Tarnapol Whitacre, Rapporteurs

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25396.

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116 pages | 6 x 9 |

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25396

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Front Matter	i-x
1 Introduction	1-10
2 Metrics for Understanding Food Loss and Waste	11-24
3 Impact of E-Commerce, New Tools, Policies, and Measures	25-36
4 Impacts of Reducing Food Loss and Waste on Food Availability	37-44
5 Impacts of Reducing Food Loss and Waste on Food Prices and Farm Incomes	45-52
6 Impacts of Food Loss and Waste on the Environment and Health	53-60
7 Future Needs and Opportunities	61-64
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	65-68
Appendix B: Biographies of Speakers and Moderators	69-84
Appendix C: Workshop Participants	85-88
Appendix D: Descriptions of Selected Activities Related to Reducing Food Loss and Waste	89-106

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