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

Sammanfattning

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.

Nyckelord

Food waste; Food loss; Accounting methodology; Systemic approach; Sustainable development goal 12.3; Policy support

Publicerad i

Global Food Security
2019, volym: 20, sidor: 93-100

SLU författare

• Eriksson, Mattias

  • Institutionen för energi och teknik, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Food Waste

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG2 Ingen hunger
SDG12 Hållbar konsumtion och produktion

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljövetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.002

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/98006