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  1. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

    • The causes of food going uneaten are numerous and occur throughout the food system, during production, processing, distribution, retail and food service sales, and consumption. Overall, about one-third of the world's food is thrown away. A similar amount is lost on top of that by feeding human-edible food to farm animals (the net effect wastes an estimated 1144 kcal/… 展开

    Definition

    Food loss and waste occurs at all stages of the food supply chain – production, processing, sales, and consumption. Definitions of what constitutes food loss versus food waste or what parts of foods (i.e., inedible par… 展开

    Sources

    In the United States, food loss can occur at most stages of the food industry and in significant amounts. In subsistence agriculture, the amounts of food loss are unknown, but are likely to be insignificant by comparison, … 展开

    Food and agricultural nonprofits

    Food and agriculture nonprofits (FANOs) are an understudied player in food system sustainability and food waste management ( ). FANOs play an essential role at every step of the food supply chain ( ) including in creating or preve… 展开

    Extent

    Efforts are underway by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to measure progress towards SDG Target 12.3 through two separate indices: the Food Loss In… 展开