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Food Losses and Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bulletin No 2. April 2015

Year of publication 2015

Pages 39 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The countries of the region are building a future with less Food Losses and Waste. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the main political forum of the region, has included Food Loss and Waste Reduction as one component of its Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025. There are countries with experience in Food Loss and Waste Reduction that are making good use of sub-products. Steps are underway to build the institutional framewor k for the formation of a Regional Alliance for Food Loss and Waste Reduction. There is concrete evidence of food losses and waste in specific value chains in a few countries, and there are also potential solutions.

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