FOOD

WASTAGE
 FOOD WASTAGE

Any solid or liquid food substances,raw or cooked, which

is discarded, or intended or required to be discarded.

Food Wastes
are the organic residues
generated by the processing,
handling, storage, sale,
preparation, cooking, and
serving
of foods
 FACTS ABOUT FOOD WASTAGE
 About 1.3 billion tonnes of food, i.e., US $1 trillion in
monetary terms is wasted every year globally.
 Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough
food to lead a healthy active life . That’s about one in nine
people on earth.
 Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) deaths in children
under five –3.1 million children each year.
 A child dies approximately every five seconds as a result of
hunger and malnutrition.
 One out of six children-roughly 100 million – in developing
countries is underweight.
 300 million barrels of oil are used
to produce food that ultimately
gets wasted.
 Food wastage generates 3.3 billion
metric tonnes of CO2,
which accelerates global
 EMISSION OF
GREENHOUSE
GASES

LOSS OF WASTAGE
CONSEQUENCES
SOIL OF FOOD OF
FERTILITY WASTAGE RESOURCES

EMISSION OF
TOXIC GASES
Some live like this…..
 …..and some like
this
 CAUSES &
PREVENTION
OF
FOOD LOSS & FOOD WASTE
Lack of processing facilities causes
high food losses in developing
countries

PREVENTION: improve investment

climate for agro-industry
Develop contract farming linkages
between processors and farmer
See the difference…
Simple Steps to STOP FOOD WASTAGE

DON’T WASTE

EAT WHAT YOU BUY ONLY WHAT

BUY YOU EAT

SHARE EXTRA STORE FOOD

FOOD CORRECTLY
USING

TECHNOLOGY
TO REDUCE
FOOD WASTAGE
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PERCENT
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 Presented By:
SRAVAN KUMAR.M
GEE/SL/15/4112