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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

Evidences

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Agricultural land

20/09/2024 Go to Evidence

28% of the world's agricultural land is used to produce food that is wasted (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).

Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2013. Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources. Summary Report. Rome: FAO. https://www.fao.org/3/i3347e/i3347e.pdf. World Bank. 2020. Addressing Food Loss and Waste: A Global Problem with Local Solutions. Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34521.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Result: Reduction of food loss and waste

Food Waste USA

17/06/2021 Go to Evidence

80.6 million tons of food goes unsold or uneaten after being grown, processed, transported or stored, representing 40% of all food produced in the U.S. (ReFED, 2021).

80.6 millones de toneladas de alimentos quedan sin vender o sin comer después de haber sido cultivados, procesados, transportados o almacenados, representando el 40% de todos los alimentos producidos en EE.UU. (ReFED, 2021).

ReFED. (2021). Roadmap to 2030: Reducing U.S. Food Waste by 50% and the ReFED Insights Engine.

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: United States
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Associativity
Beneficiary: Consumers Private enterprises Exporters Public institutions Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Reduction of food loss and waste

Harvesting rice with 24% moisture improves its qua

13/11/2020 Go to Evidence

Harvest moisture affects rice milling quality, particularly whole grain yield and appearance. Levels between 20 % and 22 % are recommended to optimize industrial outcomes. (Álvarez-Parra et al., 2020).

Alvarez et al., 2020

Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) - Perú

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition AgroecologicalSystems
Country: Venezuela
Sector: Agrifood (products) Business organization and management Food technology
Area: Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Education and training for farmers Entrepreneurial capacity building
Beneficiary: Exporters Agro-industrial producers
Result: Information generation Improved productivity Cost Reduction Reduction of food loss and waste