Dominica Joins the rest of the World in recognizing International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, for the second time.Reducing food loss and waste is of significant importance as it contributes to the realization of broader improvements to agri-food systems toward achieving food security, food safety, improving food quality & delivering on nutritional outcomes, as well as contributing to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions & pressure on land and water resources. With less than 9 years left to reach SDG goal 12, target 12.3 – by 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail & consumer levels, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses – the second observance will highlight the urgent need to accelerate collective action to reduce food loss and waste. In 2020, the United Nations General Assembly designated September 29 as International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste (IDAFLW). An estimated one third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste annually. That’s equal to about 1.3 billion tons of fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, seafood, and grains that either never leave the farm, get lost or spoiled during distribution, or thrown away in hotels, grocery stores, restaurants, schools, or home kitchens every year. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that this could be enough calories to feed every undernourished person on the planet. Speaking at a Virtual Press conference panel discussion, Sam Kashani, Country Manager – Canada highlighted the stark reality of our food priority and the level of waste that goes on. Sam Kashani, Country Manager and wholistic Foods advocate, Canada Meantime, António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) says we need to step up our efforts, and Covid19 has brought to light the fragility of food loss. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General.
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