Deconstructing food losses across the value chain

Determinants of Food Waste from Household Food Consumption: A Case Study from Field Survey in Germany

“…The following four objectives are most often cited in the literature [ 1 , 10 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]: Food security is the main objective for many societies. According to the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security, food security defines a situation in which all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.…”

“…With the “Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development” [ 9 ]., the international community has committed to effectively combat hunger and malnutrition (SDG 2) by reducing FLW [ 10 , 11 ]. The current crisis in Ukraine underlines the role of reducing FLW.…”

“…The current crisis in Ukraine underlines the role of reducing FLW. Since “ The International Day Against Food Waste ” in September 2020 the public attention has been drawn to the agenda’s sub-goal 12.3, to “ halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and to reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses [by 2030] ” [ 10 , 12 ].…”

The role of diverse distribution channels in reducing food loss and waste: The case of the Cali tomato supply chain in Colombia

“…Other studies revealed that post-primary education is closely related to lower FLW levels (Delgado et al, 2017;Kaminski and Christiaensen, 2014), which leads to the following assumption:…”

“…education) and they were more involved in farm groups than farmers who only sold to traders. Education would decrease the likelihood of FLW (Delgado et al, 2017;Kaminski and Christiaensen, 2014). Moreover, farmers belonging to a farm group receive support for their agricultural activities (e.g.…”