Published: 1 Jul 2019
Type: Case study
Tackling Food Loss and Waste
Understanding post-harvest loss of rice in Nigeria and palm oil in Gabon
One third of food produced is never consumed: this represents 8% of global GHG and a quarter of the water used in agriculture, as well as crop-land the size of China. Strong usiness, social and environmental drivers to tackle post-harvest loss and food waste include reducing nutritional loss across the key value chain stages from production to consumption, financial savings, resource use efficiency, higher performance and contribution to climate targets, food availability and better returns on investments for actors involved.