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ProjectFactsheetReducing Food Loss and Waste in Colombia and Zambia - GCP/GLO/1198/GER-F 2025
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No results found.Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major issue globally, with 30 percent of food produced for human consumption being lost or wasted, while millions remain malnourished. In 2021, over 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet. Food systems are weakened by FLW, making them more vulnerable to disruptions. Significant losses occur at the farm level, particularly with perishable, nutrient-rich vegetables, due to poor production, harvesting, storage, and transportation. However, vegetable crops can be grown in urban and peri-urban areas, offering an opportunity to create more resilient food systems with high economic value and lower resource inputs. The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has supported the FAO City Region Food Systems (CRFS) Programme since its first phase (2014–2018), which focused on creating sustainable CRFS in seven city regions. The second phase (2019–2024), which aimed to build resilience in CRFS to climate change and the pandemic, was implemented in five city regions. The CRFS approach has shown success in strengthening food systems across rural–urban areas. Studies in Lusaka and Medellin highlight the role of small-scale farmers in food production, but these farmers lack the capacity to reduce FLW. Improving practices and technologies in value chains, creating jobs, and ensuring product quality and stable supply chains are essential. This project (GCP/GLO/1198/GER) will focus on small-scale vegetable producers in Medellin and Lusaka, aiming to reduce FLW, improve food security, and strengthen local food systems. These cities were part of the first phase, providing baseline data to guide the project. -
ProjectFactsheetReducing Food Loss and Waste in Central Asia - GCP/SEC/015/TUR 2023
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No results found.While chronic hunger is on the rise, a considerable amount of food produced is being lost or wasted. In Türkiye alone, an estimated 18 million tonnesof food is lost or wasted each year, that is, more than 20 percent of all food produced in the country. Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is therefore a key objective in Central Asia subregion to achieve food security, improve food value chains and reduce the environmental footprint of food systems. However, the scale and complexity of the problem requires a holistic, multidisciplinary response involving all actors and stakeholders. Curbing FLW implies not only the revision of institutional and legal frameworks, and improvement in the methods of production, conservation and distribution of food, but also a change in resource-intensive consumption patterns and increasing awareness among all actors in the food supply chain, as well as consumers. Funded by the Government of Türkiye, the project, implemented from November 2019 to April 2023, aimed to support Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in developing measures to reduce FLW in the context of national food systems and climate change. Two components were implemented: (i) a regional component, consisting of an FLW reduction campaign and the establishment of an interactive partnership network; and (ii) national components for six countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan) consisting of the formulation of national FLW reduction strategies and training in FLW measurement, analysis, monitoring, accounting and reporting. -
ProjectFactsheetReducing Food Loss and Waste and Developing Value Chains in Egypt and Tunisia - GCP/RNE/004/ITA 2019
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No results found.Food Loss and Waste (FLW) is a challenge for food security and a source of economic loss throughout the world. This project focused on mitigating FLW in Egypt and Tunisia, where evidence indicates that food losses occur across value chains and that food waste occurs at the consumption stage. Two value chains that could benefit from development and support in order to reduce FLW and increase livelihoods were identified in both countries. In Egypt, the project focused on the tomato and grape value chains, and in Tunisia, it focused on cereals and dairy. The overall aim of the project was to build the capacities of public and private sector actors, including young people and women, to reduce FLW in the selected value chains as a means of increasing food security and creating economic opportunities while simultaneously attempting to reduce environmental impact.
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No results found.This guide is intended to support all FAO communication officers and social media managers across the Organization in the design of audiovisual assets, including audiograms, GIFs, info-visuals, videos and visuals, for FAO social media platforms. It includes the branding guidelines and specifications for all types of products and social media platforms where FAO is present. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookAlimentación escolar con productos locales - Marco de recursos
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El presente marco de recursos integral tiene por objeto aprovechar el potencial de la alimentación escolar para mitigar la pobreza rural mediante el apoyo al desarrollo de la alimentación escolar con productos locales (AEPL). El marco de recursos es un producto de conocimiento que armoniza los conocimientos y las herramientas existentes y se basa en la riqueza de los conocimientos especializados de los asociados. Fomenta las asociaciones para ayudar a los gobiernos a alcanzar sus objetivos y sienta las bases de una comunidad de práctica sobre AEPL para lograr un impacto a gran escala. El marco de recursos se ha elaborado para su uso por parte de los profesionales de los programas, los responsables de la formulación de políticas, los asociados en el desarrollo, los gobiernos, la sociedad civil, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y de base comunitaria, y el sector privado. Se basa en las orientaciones normativas derivadas de una publicación de 2009 y aprovecha las lecciones aprendidas en los programas apoyados por el PMA y otro tipo de programas, así como los productos de conocimientos conexos. -
BookletTechnical bookMarco de la FAO para la alimentación y la nutrición escolar 2020El Marco de la FAO para la Alimentación y Nutrición Escolar tiene como objetivo apoyar a los gobiernos y las instituciones para que desarrollen, transformen o fortalezcan sus políticas, programas y otras iniciativas a fin de lograr un mejor impacto en la alimentación, la nutrición escolar y adolescente, el desarrollo socioeconómico comunitario y los sistemas alimentarios locales. El Marco representa una respuesta directa al llamado internacional para mejorar la nutrición a lo largo del ciclo de vida y para transformar los sistemas alimentarios, en el contexto de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), la Segunda Conferencia Internacional sobre Nutrición (CIN2) y el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de Acción sobre Nutrición (2016-2025). El mismos proporciona un enfoque integral que aprovecha las intervenciones complementarias y las opciones programáticas más eficaces para obtener beneficios en todo el nexo alimentario, nutricional y educativo, y coloca el entorno escolar al centro del desarrollo.