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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRegional 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)Technical bookReducing food loss and waste in the Near East and North Africa
Producers, intermediaries and consumers as key decision-makers
2023Also available in:
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. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyReducing 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.
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Book (series)Technical studyFishing with beach seines 2011
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No results found.This document provides a global overview of beach seine fisheries and identifies key issues relevant for the responsible use of beach seines and the sustainable livelihoods of beach seine fishers. It also gives guidelines for fisheries managers and other stakeholders on how best to address the issues of management processes and measures, which have the mutually beneficial goals of restoring and conserving the health of fishery resources and their habitats and safeguarding the livelihoo ds of fishers and their communities. The document draws on the findings of case studies coordinated and funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department in the Gambia, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Peru and Sri Lanka, and by the FAO/United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in Benin, Ghana and Togo. In addition to the findings of the case studies, other studies and publications on beach seines were reviewed and used for the preparation of this document. -
DocumentOther documentFood Losses and Waste in Armenia
Country Report
2013Also available in:
No results found.The issue of food losses and waste is incredibly important, because if it can be prevented it can contribute to increasing incomes and improving food security in the world’s poorest countries. Food losses and waste affect the food security of vulnerable groups, as well as food quality and safety, economic growth and the environment. Armenia is a small landlocked country located in the South Caucasus. It is in a conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan and has no economic relations with Turkey. Limit ed resources and production capacity make eliminating food losses and waste an important priority. This study concentrates on revealing volumes of food losses and waste, as well as how they can be prevented in all five steps of the supply chain; namely: Agricultural production; Post-harvest handling and storage; Processing and packaging; Distribution; Consumption. -
DocumentOther documentConclusions of the Regional Experts Consultation on Food Losses and Waste 2014
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) considers it to be of vital importance that member countries take coordinated action to reduce food losses and waste, as part of the strategy to improve food and nutrition security, the commitment that was undertaken at the XXXIII Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The FAO Regional Headquarters for Latin America and the Caribbean, in keeping with these recommendations, and understanding the importance of crea ting opportunities to exchange both knowledge and experiences of the issue and their impacts on the struggle against hunger, organized a Regional Experts Consultation (Santiago, 8 – 10 October, 2014). The experts considered the challenges facing the Region on this matter, the future incorporation of coordinated action on food and nutrition security policy, and the strengthening of the food system. In order to carry out the Consultation, an open call was issued to experts on both food losses and food waste. Applications were received from 63 professionals from eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The screening criteria, which included practical experience and publications on issues dealing with food losses and waste, once applied, enabled a total of 25 persons to be selected. These experts were invited to the FAO Regional Headquarters for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Santiago, Chile, to share their experiences and establish the framework for a regional appr oach to food loss and waste reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. The present document records the outcomes of this Regional Consultation.