Toward a sustainable food system: Reducing food loss and waste

Monica Schuster and Maximo Torero

Chapter 3 in 2016 Global Food Policy Report, 2016, pp 22-31 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Reducing food loss and waste can contribute to food security and sustainability. Measuring food loss and waste, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along the value chain are essential first steps toward addressing the problem.

Keywords: value chains; food wastes; sustainable development goals; economic development; degradation; agricultural research; agricultural policies; food losses; economic policies; handling losses; deterioration; agricultural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148519

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fpr:ifpric:9780896295827-03

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in IFPRI book chapters from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().