date:Jun 15, 2012
the production, post harvest, and processing stages. For example, an on-going project in The Gambia adopting the One-Village-One-Product approach is helping farmers to reduce their losses significantly.
In industrialised countries, food waste often occurs at the retail and consumer levels due to a throw-away mindset. Per capita waste by consumers is between 95-115 kilograms (kg) a year in Europe and North America, while consumers in sub-Saharan Africa and South-Southeast Asia throw away 6-11 k