Food Losses and Waste in Turkey
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This study has been carried out to validate food losses and waste as a priority in the agri-food chain in Turkey at the request of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2013. The Turkish Country Report is a part of overall FAO work on identifying food losses and waste in the framework of the Save Food Project. The objective of the study is to assess food losses and waste at critical points in the food supply chain for commodity groups specified by FAO and the Swedi sh Institute for Biotechnology in Turkey, which together have the greatest impact on food security and supply in the country. The commodity groups in question are cereals, roots and tubers, oilseeds and pulses, fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, milk and eggs. For this purpose, food losses and waste were assessed in general together with their effects on food security and supply in the Turkey country report. Critical loss points in the food supply chain for selected commodities were a lso identified and analyzed.