Sentences with phrase «losses near the farm»

Food losses near the farm — during production, handling and storage — account for half of this food loss and waste around the world and contribute to hunger.

In some places, food losses near the farm are predominant (Figure 1) and affect the ability of farmers to make a good living and even at times feed their families.

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He also is the WRI representative on the Food Loss and Waste Protocol's Upstream Technical Working Group, which examines food losses that happen on or near the farm or field.

Tomato farmers at Tuba, a community near Kokrobite in the Greater Accra Region, are counting their loss as their produce rot on the farms due to lack of market.

Other wind farms that were forced to shut down are now back online, according to the American Wind Energy Association, though one site remains down due to the loss of the local transmission grid near Corpus Christi.

Because of the setbacks mandated by the CWA, they will not be able to farm 22 acres (11 per cent) of their land, and without getting into discussions about the viability of their operation, loss of future income or the lack of government compensation for the loss, it is quite evident that the 22 acres removed from cultivation is nowhere near as valuable as the land that can still be farmed.