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Food Loss and Waste Theme Month 2023

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Food loss and waste (FLW) impacts all of us — from uneaten holiday leftovers to that inconspicuous bag of salad greens that lingers in the back of your refrigerator. A staggering 30 to 40 percent of food produced is either lost or wasted throughout the farm-to-consumer supply chain. Of the 1.4 billion tons of food wasted globally every year, the United States discards 67 million tons, making food the single largest component taking up U.S. landfills. When food rots, it emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas with 84 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. As a result, FLW contributes approximately 8 to 10 percent of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If FLW were a country, it would be the third largest producer of carbon dioxide in the world after the United States  and China.

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The Heart of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus? Reducing Food Loss and Waste

As the development community continues to embrace multi-sectoral strategies and consider the food system as a whole, we must appreciate the interconnectedness of food, water, and climate. We also must...
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Oliver Haugland

Dec 23, 2022
Food Safety
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The Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab: Request for Applications!

The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab's Request for Applications (RFA) is now open and is accepting concept notes at this time!
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Maha Sheikh

Dec 22, 2022
Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance Opportunities
Christopher Kamya (21) pouring maize grain into the MT-Pro portable moisture tester with a digital meter readout.

Not Wasting Opportunity: Supporting Youth to Advance FLW Reduction

Nearly a third of all food is either lost or wasted each year, contributing to the emission of greenhouse gasses. Studies in multiple wealthier countries have found that food waste...

Collin VanBuren

Dec 22, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition Youth
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USAID-Funded Mechanization Activity Reduces Food Loss

Reducing food loss and waste is a major global development concern. By mechanizing various farming systems, CSISA–MEA is helping to increase the resilience of vulnerable populations in Bangladesh.
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Nur-A-Mahajabin Khan

Dec 20, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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Food Loss and Waste Reduction and Affordability of Safe, Nutritious Diets

FLW-reducing technologies and innovations can have huge positive impacts on economies, poverty and hunger and diet quality, but do we have the resources and the will to invest in these...

Ahmed Kablan

Dec 19, 2022
Food Safety
Maize plants exhibiting early symptoms of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN).

Supporting Rural Youth to Reduce Food Loss and Waste in Eastern Kenya

Rural youth make a business out of linking farms to inputs that reduce food loss and waste.

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

Dec 15, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience Youth
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USAID Food Loss and Waste Podcast Episode 5: The Triple Wins of Addressing Food Loss and Waste with Dina Esposito

USAID's Kitchen Sink Podcast features monthly, bite-sized episodes that highlight USAID and the U.S. Government’s approaches to food loss and waste and provides a resource for those interested in these...

Nika Larian

Dec 13, 2022
Food Safety
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Maximizing Food through Cold Chain Development

Learn about cold chain development lessons from the GCCA as well as the cold chain industry's new approach supporting food rescue groups.

Amanda Brondy

Dec 09, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
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Three Ways to Combat Climate Change by Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Globally, food that is lost or wasted contributes an estimated 8 to 10 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — if compared to a list of countries’ total GHG, it...

Matthew Thielker

Dec 08, 2022
Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Food Loss and Waste: Building an Evidence-Based Business Case for SMEs

The private sector plays an important role in reducing food loss and waste. Food Enterprise Solutions helps to define food loss and waste by building an evidence-based business case for...

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Dec 07, 2022
Food Safety Markets and Trade Resilience

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