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Book (stand-alone)Reducing Food Losses and Waste in the Near East and North Africa
Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC-32)
2014The NENA region relies on food imports to meet over 50 percent of its total food requirements and still experiences a food deficit.2 At the same time, the region loses and wastes a significant amount of food, up to 250 kg per person each year, a figure that is higher than the global average. At the last session of the Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC-31), the region’s governments recognized that food loss and waste contribute to reducing food availability, aggravating water sc arcity and increasing food imports. The governments committed to reducing food loss and waste by 50 percent within the next 10 years (2014-24), a great but crucial challenge to meet NENA’s food security. -
Book (stand-alone)Regional Strategic Framework Reducing Food Losses and Waste in the Near East & North Africa Region 2015Food losses and waste (FL&W) in the Near East & North Africa (NENA) region are high and contribute to reduced food availability, aggravated water scarcity, adverse environmental impacts and increased food imports, in an already highly import-dependent region. This document outlines a Regional Strategic Framework for reducing food losses and waste in the region. It responds to the FAO NERC-31 (in May 2012) recommendation calling on FAO to “assist member countries in addressing the key challenges of reducing food waste and losses by conducting comprehensive studies on impact of food losses and waste on food security in the region and in establishing a plan to reduce food losses and waste in the region by 50% within 10 years”. The components of the strategic framework are based on the region’s socio-economic context, gaps in combating FL&W, and availability of resources.
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Book (stand-alone)Reducing food loss and waste in the Near East and North Africa
Producers, intermediaries and consumers as key decision-makers
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No results found.Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important component in the transformation of the region’s agrifood systems. Addressing the drivers of FLW along value chains provides an opportunity to tackle some of the inherent problems within the NENA region agrifood systems and to contribute to goals such as: boosting incomes and employment, improving access to nutritious food, reducing the climate footprint, and improving the use of scarce natural resources, particularly arable land and water.
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