Food Waste & Food Loss
Thereโs enough food to feed every person on the planet. The problem is one-fifth of it is lost or wasted every year.
In high-income countries, 40% of food is wasted because people buy more food than they can consume. In low-income countries, where the vast majority of the worldโs hungriest people live, most food loss occurs during the early stages of growth, harvest and storage.
$1T
worth of edible food is lost or wasted every year
1/5
of the worldโs food supply is lost or wasted annually
60%
of food waste happens at the household level
Food Waste Facts
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How WFP Fights Food Waste & Food Loss
Food Storage
Subsistence farmers can lose nearly half of their harvest simply because they donโt have access to modern storage equipment. WFP is changing that with silos and air-tight bags.
Nonperishables
The typical WFP food ration includes long-lasting staples like flour, dried beans, salt and cooking oil โ all packaged in sturdy containers. This ensures the items wonโt spoil for weeks or months.
Innovation
Hydroponics, hermetic containers, recovery supply chains and virtual farmers markets. These are just a few of the innovations that allow communities to grow, sell and store food.
Policy
The U.S. Farm Bill authorizes several critical programs that take American-grown crops like rice, corn, wheat and soy beans and distribute them to vulnerable people in need.
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