Food Waste Along the Food Chain

Morvarid Bagherzadeh, Mitsuhiro Inamura and Hyunchul Jeong
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Morvarid Bagherzadeh: OECD
Mitsuhiro Inamura: OECD
Hyunchul Jeong: OECD

No 71, OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: Reducing food losses and food waste is attracting growing public attention at the international, regional, and national levels, and is widely acknowledged to contribute to abating interlinked sustainability challenges such as food security, climate change, and water shortage. However, the pattern and scale of food waste throughout the supply chain remains poorly understood, despite growing media coverage and public concerns in recent years. This paper takes stock of available data on food waste and explores policies related to food waste in OECD countries.

Keywords: agricultural losses; data; food loss; food value chain; food waste; food waste reduction; grain storage; municipal solid waste; policy information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 Q53 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12-22
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