The theme of the conference «WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: The Circular Economy to Food Security» and delved into issues such as food loss and
waste along the supply chain.
The Crawford Fund's 2016 food security conference focused on food loss and
waste along the supply chain — in production, in getting product to market, and in the management and reuse of waste.
The conference speakers informed us about food loss on the farm,
waste along supply chains and at the consumer endpoint.
A research by the Australian RMIT University has recently shown the vital role of packaging in minimising food
waste along the supply chain.
India faces similar issues with its banana crop: the country grows 28 % of the world's bananas, but exports only 0.3 % because of
waste along the supply chain.
Not exact matches
Target 12.3 of the goals calls for nations to «halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses» by 2030.
Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 «ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns» has target 12.3 «by 2030, halve the per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains including post-harvest losses».
Target 12.3 is to halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains by 2030.
There is no silver bullet for how to reduce food
waste, it will require policy changes as well as changes in the actions of everybody
along the
supply chain, but we also believe that DuPont can provide solutions that make some of those changes easier.
In collaboration with food donation organizations, NGOs,
waste experts, and a host of other partners
along the
supply chain, FWRA produces workable resources, such as best practices in reducing food
waste, that offer reality - based applications and guidance to the various aspects of our food production system.
Stasz concluded, «Food
waste can happen anywhere
along the
supply chain, from the farm to the manufacturer to the retailer or restaurant, and in our homes or at work — it's estimated that 25 - 40 percent of the food that is grown, processed and transported in the United States will never be consumed — so the opportunity and the need to reduce food
waste have never been greater.»
Goal 12 — to ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns — is broken down into 11 smaller goals; 12.3 is to halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030.
Food
waste is part of food loss and refers to discarding or alternative (non-food) use of safe and nutritious food for human consumption all
along food
supply chains (FAO, 2014).
The Champion 12.3 partners are directly addressing Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 — to halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food loss
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses.
This is the SDG target that calls for cutting in half food
waste at retail and consumer levels and for reducing food losses
along production and
supply chains by 2030.
From information to legislation — we need «all hands on deck» to ensure that producers and consumers can work together
along the whole
supply chain to ensure that food loss and
waste are significantly reduced.»
This target calls for cutting in half food
waste at retail and consumer levels and for reducing food losses
along production and
supply chains by 2030.
Target 12.3 calls on the world to «halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses» by 2030.
«Kellogg Company is working to reduce food loss and
waste along the production and
supply chains, and we want to encourage consumers to be part of the solution too.
Among them is Target 12.3, which calls for cutting in half per capita global food
waste at retail and consumer levels and for reducing food losses
along production and
supply chains by 2030.
«Food loss and
waste happens all
along the global pathway to the plate — from how smallholder farmers harvest and get crops to market, to corporate losses across
supply chains, all the way to consumer
waste.
Target 12.3 specifically aims to halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030.
Target 12.3 specifically aims to halve per capita global food
waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses
along production and
supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030.
«Food loss and
waste happens all
along the global pathway to the plate — from how smallholder farmers harvest and get crops to market, to corporate losses across
supply chains, all the way to consumer
waste.