Save Food Cities
| dc.creator | FAO | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:04:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:04:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date | 2019-09-26T15:58:06.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T21:21:49Z | |
| dc.description | Urbanization, higher incomes and lifestyle changes continue to raise demand for locally sourced fresh foods, but maintaining their quality along the supply chain is a major challenge. In low-income countries, inadequate harvesting, handling, logistics, technology and cooling are causing persistent post-harvest losses. Also, as more countries reach middle-income status, food waste increases, particularly in urban areas, and disposal in landfill results in methane emission. A lack of coordination, financial and human resources, as well as the capacity for disposing of and recycling food waste and packaging, is causing alarming levels of fresh-water contamination. Investment in food loss and waste reduction can deliver monetary and other benefits. This programme will support a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, where waste streams from agriculture, forestry, fisheries and the food and feed industry are integrated into the circular economy. A key focus will be innovation to ensure safe and nutritious food supply chains, the revalorization of food by-products and the management of packaging and non-edible food parts. | |
| dc.format | 2p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA3852EN | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/ca3852en/ca3852en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/220966 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Save Food Cities | |
| dc.title | Reducing food losses and waste in urban centres through sustainable and circular bioeconomy | |
| dc.type | Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet |