Missing food, missing data? A critical review of global food losses and food waste data

L Xue, G Liu, J Parfitt, X Liu, E Van Herpen… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Food losses and food waste (FLW) have become a global concern in recent years and
emerge as a priority in the global and national political agenda (eg, with Target 12.3 in the …

Introduction to global food losses and food waste

L Xue, G Liu - Saving Food, 2019 - Elsevier
Food losses and food waste (FLW) have attracted much attention in the world recently and
become a priority in the global and national political agenda (eg, United Nations …

China's food loss and waste embodies increasing environmental impacts

L Xue, X Liu, S Lu, G Cheng, Y Hu, J Liu, Z Dou… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Food loss and waste (FLW) hampers global food security, human health and environmental
sustainability. However, monitoring and benchmarking FLW reduction is often constrained …

Improving data on food losses and waste: From theory to practice

C Fabi, F Cachia, P Conforti, A English, JR Moncayo - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Food Losses and Waste (FLW) have received increased attention in the past
decade especially after the 2007–2008 food crisis, which has rekindled debate about the …

Food loss and waste: measurement, drivers, and solutions

ES Spang, LC Moreno, SA Pace… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
It has been estimated that one-third of global food is lost or wasted, entailing significant
environmental, economic, and social costs. The scale and impact of food loss and waste …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on food loss and waste quantification approaches: Is there a need to develop alternatives beyond the currently widespread pathways?

D Hoehn, I Vázquez-Rowe, R Kahhat… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
In a context of increasing concern regarding food loss and waste (FLW) generation, different
attempts have been made to standardize quantification methodologies. On the one hand, an …

Reducing food loss and waste to enhance food security and environmental sustainability

M Shafiee-Jood, X Cai - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
While food shortage remains a big concern in many regions around the world, almost one-
third of the total food production is discarded as food loss and waste (FLW). This is …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research

A Cattaneo, MV Sánchez, M Torero, R Vos - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite broad agreement in policy circles on the need to reduce food loss and waste (FLW),
considerable gaps in information still exist. This paper identifies policy-relevant information …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of food loss and waste in China: Quantity, impacts and mediators

C Li, P Bremer, MK Harder, MSW Lee, K Parker… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although food loss and waste (FL&W) is high on China's national policy agenda, there is still
little scientific information published about how much FL&W exists in China, what its impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding food loss and waste—why are we losing and wasting food?

R Ishangulyyev, S Kim, SH Lee - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported that approximately one-third of all
produced foods (1.3 billion tons of edible food) for human consumption is lost and wasted …