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Capacity-building to reduce avoidable food waste in micro, small and medium food processing enterprises and in retail

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Food loss and waste represent an enormous economic cost to businesses and society and significantly impacts the environment. Much of this waste and its environmental footprint can be avoided entirely. Food that ends up in a landfill creates methane gas, which is 25 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide. Moreover, food waste is responsible for over 7 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, meaning it is a part of the challenge in tackling climate change. The brochure provides and overview of a project which addresses the reduction of food loss and waste in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and food retail outlets. This project is being implemented with the Royal Thai Government in support of MSMEs in the Kingdom of Thailand.

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