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Dec 17 , 2019Views : 25272
UNECE Launches Methods and Good Practices for Halving Food Waste
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) launched a code of good practice for handling fresh produce to minimize loss along with a methodology for measurement. This methodology for measurement aims to simplify and ensure the systematic measuring of food loss and waste at several key points of the fresh produce supply chain. It includes a food loss and waste quantification method, a food loss and waste hotspot analysis method, and an analysis method for financial losses. It builds on existing methodologies in assessments globally and recent studies. The formulas are applicable at the production, post-harvest, wholesale, transportation and packing stages of the fresh- produce supply chain. They can be used by farmers, wholesalers, transporters and packing houses.
The methodology also aims to generate big data that can guide policy makers in integrating food loss and waste into strategies such as national agricultural development policies, as well as support private sector producers in finding solutions. UNECE mentions that the methodology could also be integrated into an IT-based smart food loss management system, adding that it is currently developing a blockchain-based online market for food that is lost or wasted in supply chains. 
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