Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research

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dc.creatorCattaneo, Andrea
dc.creatorSánchez, Marco V.
dc.creatorTorero, Máximo
dc.creatorVos, Rob
dc.date2021-01-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:39Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:01Z
dc.descriptionDespite broad agreement in circles on the need to reduce food loss and waste (FLW), considerable gaps in information still exist. This paper identifies policy-relevant information gaps, summarizes recent research that tries to fill these gaps and identifies five challenges for researchers, policymakers and practitioners in reducing FLW. The five challenges identified are: (i) measuring and monitoring FLW, (ii) assessing benefits and costs of FLW reduction and the tradeoffs involved, (iii) designing FLW-related policies and interventions under limited information, (iv) understanding how interactions between stages along food value chain and across countries affect outcomes of FLW reduction efforts, (v) preparing for income transitions and the shifting relative importance of losses and waste as economies develop.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142550
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108015
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101958
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101895
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101860
dc.relationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-policy/vol/98/suppl/C
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCattaneo, Andrea; Sánchez, Marco V.; Torero, Maximo; and Vos, Rob. 2021. Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research. Food Policy 98(January 2021): 101974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101974
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectsupply chains
dc.subjectfood wastes
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectfood losses
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectfood safety
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpublic policies
dc.titleReducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research
dc.typeJournal Article

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