Strategies for Food Loss and Waste Reduction - TCP/RER/3702
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In the Europe and Central Asia region, and particularly the non European Union countries, food loss and waste ( have major implications on food and nutrition security, as a result of inefficiencies in the food value chains This leads to lower availability of micronutrient rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables reduced income of smallholder farmers, who are major food producers and increased food prices, affecting urban consumers In addition food loss and waste significantly contribute to greenhouse gas ( emissions and the negative effects of climate change As such, FLW constitutes a vast, persistent and complicated problem, which directly relates to national and corporate policies, natural resources, climate change, economies and markets, people’s behaviour and culture social conditions, technology, infrastructure and investments Against this background, the project aimed to reduce FLW in the context of national food systems and climate change Specifically, the project would assist four countries, Albania, Armenia, North Macedonia and the Republic of Moldova, to develop and implement national strategies towards FLW reduction, tailored to the specific needs of each country and as part of the relevant national strategies for agricultural development, food security, and climate change mitigation.