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 The work in the United Kindom on waste in the food system has lead to an intriguing, data rich report which is available on the WRAP website.
from: WRAP (click image for full story online)
Taking the information of how much food is wasted from this report, with the post on excessively nutritious [...] We often focus on reducing ingredient costs and increasing efficiency but sometimes miss other opportunities to reduce cost and increase income. The stories linked below give some examples of the kind of thoughts we should be having. Basically they focus on utilising by products and waste – the point just needs to be made that [...] This image and text identifies the problem of the mango resource in Mali. It is one of a series of 10 pictures assembled by the BBC describing various aspects of the mango and its contribution to livelihoods in Mali.
from: BBC News (click image to look at the series)
The text reads: The [...] This story on the BBC website is a more popular version of the information I presented on WRAP’s The Food We Waste Report.. This is part of the public relations effort in Britain to address food waste.
from: BBC News (click image for full story online)
So one million tubs or bottles [...] I have for a long time worried and talked about waste and the attention it deserves when considering nutrition in Africa. In the past I focussed on the food which could have been available for the poor and malnourished if it hadn’t been lost and on reusing for other purposed if it couldn’t be used [...] With the increasing pressures on the production of biofuels from foods (ethanol from maize and biodiesel from edible oil) there is an increasing call for the production of biofuels from waste.
from: New York Times (click image for full story online)
This above article in the New York Times notes that there [...] News of investment in science and technology which could assist farmers by reducing post harvest losses is always welcome and is based on strong logic.
from: Science & Development Network (click image for full story online)
After all the project to be run at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine [...] This photos of waste cellular phones is amazing! Yes the enlarged view of the bottom left corner below, shows they really are! This is one of a fascinating series of photos of USA waste on Chris Jordan’s website [...] I have mentioned my intention to put some focus on the issue of food loss/waste. There are a lot of quotes and figures I have seen over the years (maybe I will put these together in a formal way), cereal losses can be 15 to 25%, fruit & vegetable losses were once measured at 62% [...] |
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