PHM-Exch> FAO Survey on activities on food loss and food waste

[Claudio Schuftan]

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Subject: [FSN Forum] - FAO Survey on activities on food loss and food waste
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Digest No. *951*****

19 March 2012****

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*FAO Survey on activities on food loss and food waste*

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[image: how to participate]How to participate****

To take part in the survey please click on the links below:
- survey in English <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSQH3ZH>
- survey in French <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GQZK7VS>
- survey in Spanish <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3ZGCG7G>****

For any information contact:
*FSN-moderator at fao.org* <FSN-moderator at fao.org>****

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We would like to draw your attention to a survey being carried out by FAO's
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division (AGS).****

The survey aims at collecting information on current research and ongoing
projects on food losses and waste, in order to create a comprehensive
database giving a global perspective of the activities in this field. ****

Below you will find the official invitation, also available in
French<http://km.fao.org/fsn/discussions/pertes-alimentaires/fr/>and
Spanish <http://km.fao.org/fsn/discussions/perdidas-de-alimentos/es/>.
Please feel free to share it with friends and colleagues who might be
interested. ****

Food losses is an issue of growing importance and surfaced in many
contributions to past discussions. We would like to cover this subject
later this year, so please do not hesitate to come forward with ideas and
proposals.****

On a different note, we are also pleased to announce that tomorrow we will
be launching two new consultations for the High Level Panel of Experts of
the CFS, on Social Protection and on Climate Change. ****

We look forward to our further exchanges!****

The FSN Forum Team ****

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*FAO Survey on activities on food loss and food waste*****

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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) commissioned study "*Global Food Losses and Food
Waste<http://typo3.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsn/docs/GobalFoodLosses_web.pdf>
*" roughly one third or 1.3 billion tons of the food produced in the world
for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted: ****

**·         **Industrialized and developing countries dissipate roughly the
same quantities of food, respectively 670 and 630 million tons;****

**·         **Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much
food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan
Africa (230 million tons); ****

**·         **Fruits and vegetables, plus roots and tubers have the highest
loss rates of any food; ****

**·         **The amount of food lost or wasted every year is equivalent to
more than half of the world's annual cereals crop (2.3 billion tons in
2009/2010).****

FAO, within its new Food Loss Reduction Strategy, has started the ”Global
initiative on food loss and waste reduction” entitled SAVE FOOD that
includes actions such as:****

**·         **detailed food loss assessments and solution finding;****

**·         **awareness creation on food losses and waste, information
dissemination, and regional Save Food congresses.****

SAVE FOOD is a joint campaign in partnership with Interpack/ Messe
Düsseldorf (Germany) to fight global food losses and waste. “Save Food”
aims at networking stakeholders in industry, politics and research,
encouraging dialogue and helping to develop solutions along the food value
chain. FAO welcomes more partners to join the* Save Food
Initiative<http://www.save-food.org>
*and support its programme.****

We invite you to fill in the Survey
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSQH3ZH>on current research and/ or
activities on food losses and/ or waste
world-wide. The survey has 11 questions. The resulting database will
support a global perspective on food loss and waste research and activities
and provide participants with the possibility of having on-line access to
the analysis of the results in order to further develop their research and/
or activities. Please feel free to share the public link with colleagues or
other interested parties. ****

Contact us for further details at: robert.vanotterdijk at fao.org****

Robert van Otterdijk
Team Leader, Working Group on Food Losses and Food waste
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/ags-division/en/****

*Your data is protected by FAO’s privacy policy ( http://www.fao.org/corp/
privacypolicy/en/) and will be used only for the purposes specified in this
introduction message.*****

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