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Feb 15 , 2020Views : 26099
Twice as much food being wasted globally as thought
The researchers from Wageningen University published a journal in PLOS ONE, to investigate if and how consumer affluence may affect food waste. Through used the energy requirement and consumer affluence data shows that consumers waste more than twice as much food as is commonly believed.
This publication provides a new globally comparable base against which one can measure progress on the international food waste target, and suggests a threshold level of consumer affluence around which to launch intervention policies to prevent food waste from becoming a big problem. It's also found that once consumer affluence reaches a spending threshold of about USD 6.70 per day per capita, consumer food waste starts to rise.
This publication provides a new globally comparable base against which one can measure progress on the international food waste target, and suggests a threshold level of consumer affluence around which to launch intervention policies to prevent food waste from becoming a big problem. It's also found that once consumer affluence reaches a spending threshold of about USD 6.70 per day per capita, consumer food waste starts to rise.
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