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Jul 29, 2019 · Introduction. Food loss and waste (FLW) is recognized as a serious threat to food security, the economy, and the environment [1]. Approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption (1.3 billion tons of edible food) is lost and wasted across the entire supply chain every year [2]. The monetary value of this amount of FLW is ...
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Jul 30, 2024 · The identified major research themes relating to sustainable agri-food systems are food waste and sustainable systems, food waste management and food waste impact assessment. Moreover, the circular economy was found to be a relatively new approach being explored in agri-food systems to promote FLW reduction and ensure sustainability of resource use.
Jul 29, 2019 · The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported that approximately one-third of all produced foods (1.3 billion tons of edible food) for human consumption is lost and wasted every year across the entire supply chain. Significant impacts of food loss and waste (FLW) have increased interest in establishing prevention programs around the world. This paper aims to provide an overview of FLW ...
- Rovshen Ishangulyyev, Sanghyo Kim, Sang Hyeon Lee
- 2019
May 15, 2021 · The subsequent sections of this paper are divided as follows: section 2 presents conceptual considerations on food, food waste and food loss; section 3 discusses the methods and how they were applied in this study; section 4 contains an analysis of the studied literature and a discussion of the findings; section 5 presents a research agenda for future investigations; and section 6 presents the ...
- Natália Valmorbida Moraes, Fernando Henrique Lermen, Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste
- 2021
Aug 23, 2024 · Food loss occurs along the food supply chain up to the sales level, whereas food waste refers to what is thrown away by retailers and consumers. Food loss and waste (FLW), the sum of the two, is ...
Sep 25, 2024 · For instance, Redlingshöfer, Coudurier, and Georget (Citation 2017) considered food waste and loss the same and used the term food loss as ‘food initially produced for human consumption but that was discarded or lost at any stage along the food supply chain’. In this study, we define food waste as the disposal, damage, and spoilage of food products throughout all supply chain stages ...
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Jan 2, 2023 · The simultaneous coexistence of food loss and waste and prevalence of hunger, undernourishment and malnutrition represents a failure of contemporary food systems. While the reduction in food loss and waste is a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target, this reduction can also help in the achievement of other SDGs, including achieving zero hunger and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
