Global Food Losses and Food Waste – Extent, Causes and Prevention

Urban Farm DB summary

This FAO study, conducted for the SAVE FOOD! congress at Interpack 2011 in Düsseldorf, estimates that roughly 1.3 billion tons of edible food produced globally is lost or wasted each year. It finds large regional disparities in per capita consumer-level food waste: 95-115 kg/year in Europe and North America versus only 6-11 kg/year in sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia. Combined per capita food losses and waste across the supply chain are reported at 280-300 kg/year in Europe and North America versus 120-170 kg/year in sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia.

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• 1.3 billion_tons_per_year

  total loss and waste(global food waste)

  Yield

  year

  2011

• 95–115 kg_per_year

  per capita waste(consumer food waste)

  Yield

  region

  Europe and North America

• 6–11 kg_per_year

  per capita waste(consumer food waste)

  Yield

  region

  Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia

• 280–300 kg_per_year

  per capita loss and waste(food loss and waste)

  Yield

  region

  Europe and North America

• 120–170 kg_per_year

  per capita loss and waste(food loss and waste)

  Yield

  region

  Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia