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Rosa S. Rolle, PhD
Senior Agro-Industries and Post-harvest Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Inception and Planning Workshop Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin
Forces that shape the region’s food system
Strategies to address hunger and food insecurity
Food losses and waste ◦ Causes, magnitude and impacts
The Save Food Campaign ◦ Objectives
◦ Outputs
◦ Activities
Population growth coupled with rising living standards.
Increasing urbanization and changing dietary habits.
Declining land resources for agriculture and a growing scarcity of water resources.
The threat of climate change.
Rising food prices, rising energy prices and declining farm incomes.
High levels of food losses and the growing problem
of food waste
Properly managing these forces to assure the food security and nutrition of
current and future populations in the Region
Increase food productivity using existing land.
Address the critical issue of reducing food losses and waste.
Food Losses ◦ Take place at the beginning of the supply
chain - during production, post-harvest handling, processing and distribution stages of the food supply chain
Food Waste ◦ Food losses occurring at the end of the food
supply chain and is largely associated with the behavior of retailers, the food service sector and consumers.
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Farmer Groups
Supermarkets Institutions
Food Service Sector Export
Farmers
Collectors
Wholesalers
Retailers and Street Vendors
Mass Market
Higher Income Consumers
Contracts
L O S S E S W
A S T E
Waste
Processing & Packaging
Distribution
RETAIL LEVEL WASTE -Sorting, Grading, - Over-buying
- Passed “Sell-by Date”
Consumer WASTE - Poor planning - Cooking too much - Poor storage - Poor food preparation - Confusion with “sell- by dates.” - Over-sized portions - Culture
Table Waste, a growing problem
FAO 2011
95 115
80
11
Traditional Supply Chains are Characterized
By Multi-layered Channels
Lack of a market orientation
Pest infestations and disease
Poor/inadequate ◦ Basic infrastructure and market facilities
◦ Post-harvest specific infrastructure and technology
Dry and cool storage
◦ Transport
◦ Bulk Packaging
Limited knowledge base of stakeholders
Poorly integrated supply chains
Weak institutional support for post-harvest
systems development
Limited knowledge base on processing and lack of technology suited to small scale processing
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2
4
6
8
10
1 2 2
1 2 2
3
7 6
5 6
10 Minimum Maximum
%
Post-harvest Losses in Rice Range Between 10 and 37 %
0
2
4
6
8
HarvestingField
SelectionTransport
Storage at
wholesale
market
ProcessingHandling at
wholesale
market
During
urban
distribution
2
1
5
4
1
5
2
5
2
8 8
5
8 8 Level of Loss (%)
Source: Zaw and Kywe, 2012
Data Reported for Myanmar
Negative impact on hunger, food security and nutrition.
Negative environmental impacts because of the energy, biodiversity, greenhouse gases, water, soil and other resources embedded in food that no one consumes.
◦ Awareness Of the magnitude of losses and their impacts on
food security
◦ Organization/coordination in supply chains Producer organizations, contract farming, clustering,
etc.
◦ Human resource capacity development
◦ Technology and essential support systems Production, post-harvest and processing technology Logistics, information management, access to finance
and support services.
◦ An enabling environment Infrastructure, policy support
A Campaign designed to draw attention to the high levels of food losses and the growing problem of food waste, and particularly table waste across Asia and the Pacific Region.
Initiated in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) ◦ Campaign Secretariat is hosted by the ACISAI
Center of AIT.
Through the development of partnerships and networks with a range of stakeholders:
◦ Raise public awareness on the magnitude of food losses and waste in the region and their impacts on food security and hunger.
◦ Advocate for the reduction of food losses and waste in the region, as an important measure toward attaining MDG1.
…..Through the development of partnerships and networks with a range of stakeholders: ◦ Promote the development of policy measures and
strategic approaches geared toward reducing food losses and waste in Asia and the Pacific Region
◦ Guide the development of interventions geared toward reducing food losses and waste in the region.
Awareness raised at all levels across the
region on the magnitude of food losses and waste in the region, its impacts on hunger and food security, and strategies to mitigate these losses and wastes.
A three-year regional programme formulated
and initiated with the aim to reduce food losses and food waste in Asia and the Pacific Region
A two-day consultation to promote awareness and obtain high level endorsement of the campaign
Distribution of promotional materials
Documentaries highlighting food losses and waste ◦ Targeting higher level audiences
◦ Targeting schools
Publicity through a Save Food web-site and through social media
Promotional Events ◦ TV talk show ◦ Drawing competition – high school level ◦ Photography competition ◦ Marathon/rally/walk ◦ “Blow the Whistle on waste” in schools
Strategic programmes with partners ◦ Cooperation with the food retail and food service
sectors
Thank You Save Food A-P