Tackling food loss and waste – Bayer The tomato hybrids with double-shelf-life to address India’s transport challenge

Tackling food loss and waste

The tomato hybrids with double-shelf-life to address India’s transport challenge

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 business, 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.