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Food waste accounting methodologies : Challenges, opportunities, and further advancements

Corrado, Sara ; Caldeira, Carla ; Eriksson, Mattias LU ; Hanssen, Ole Jørgen ; Hauser, Hans Eduard ; van Holsteijn, Freija ; Liu, Gang ; Östergren, Karin LU ; Parry, Andrew and Secondi, Luca , et al. (2019) In Global Food Security 20. p.93-100
Abstract

About one third of the food produced globally is wasted along the food chain, representing a burden for the environment and an inefficiency of the food system. Tackling food waste is a priority on the global political agenda to guarantee food security. Defining a methodology for food waste quantification is key to monitoring progress towards the achievement of reduction targets. This paper summarises the outcomes of a workshop on food waste accounting co-organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and Directorate-General on Health and Food Safety with the aim of stimulating harmonisation of methodologies, identifying challenges, opportunities, and further advancement for food waste accounting. The paper presents... (More)

About one third of the food produced globally is wasted along the food chain, representing a burden for the environment and an inefficiency of the food system. Tackling food waste is a priority on the global political agenda to guarantee food security. Defining a methodology for food waste quantification is key to monitoring progress towards the achievement of reduction targets. This paper summarises the outcomes of a workshop on food waste accounting co-organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and Directorate-General on Health and Food Safety with the aim of stimulating harmonisation of methodologies, identifying challenges, opportunities, and further advancement for food waste accounting. The paper presents methodological aspects, e.g. system boundaries, reliability of data, accounting of water flows, to ensure better support to food waste policy design and interventions. It addresses all the actors of the food supply chain, governments, and research institutions.

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Accounting methodology, Food loss, Food waste, Policy support, Sustainable development goal 12.3, Systemic approach
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Global Food Security
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20
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8 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85060529633
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2211-9124
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10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.002
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English
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  author       = {{Corrado, Sara and Caldeira, Carla and Eriksson, Mattias and Hanssen, Ole Jørgen and Hauser, Hans Eduard and van Holsteijn, Freija and Liu, Gang and Östergren, Karin and Parry, Andrew and Secondi, Luca and Stenmarck, Åsa and Sala, Serenella}},
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