date:Jun 15, 2012
ctor of FAO's Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division.
One-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is thrown away or lost, as well as the natural resources used for its production. Food losses and waste amounts to roughly $680 billion in industrialised countries and $310 billion in developing countries.
Improving food security by cutting food losses and waste is a challenge we all share and will be a central theme discussed at the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustain