(AGENPARL) – mar 26 settembre 2023 29 September 2023 at 15:55 (CEST) – Hybrid event to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW)
The event will see a call to action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems
Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) plays a crucial role in ensuring better nutrition for the world’s current and future generations. It presents a triple win opportunity, for the climate, for the availability of nutritious food and for improving the overall sustainability of our agrifood systems.
Globally, an estimated 13.2 percent of food produced is lost after harvest and before it reaches retail shelves, and a further 17 percent is wasted in households, food services and in retail. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains.
To discuss how to achieve progress on this vital issue, a hybrid event will be held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, beginning at 15:55 on 29 September.
The event can be followed via webcast here.
The participants include:
QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (via video link)
His Holiness Pope Francis (message)
Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations (video message)
Álvaro Lario, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (TBC)
Cindy H. McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (TBC)
Imma Tor Faus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Principality of Andorra (video message)
Luca Beccari, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications, San Marino (video message)
Ebubekir Gizligider, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye
Neena Malhotra, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of India to FAO
Sandra Gallina, Director-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission (via video link)
At 17:10 there will be a panel discussion: Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Accelerating the Pace of Actions to Transform Agrifood Systems
Angela Crone, Chief Executive Officer, Upcycled Food Association, United States of America (via video link)
Christine Gould, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thought for Food, Switzerland (via video link)
Steven Lapidge, Founder and CEO, Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Thembelihle Nduknana, Director Responsible for Agroprocessing, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa (via video link),
Lilian dos Santos Rahal, National Secretary for Food and Nutrition Security, Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger, Brazil (via video link)
At 17:40 there will be Calls to Action from:
Leyla Fathallah, Advocate on Food Waste for West Asia, United Nations Environment Programme
Diarmuid Gavin, National Goodwill Ambassador for Ireland, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
At 17:55, there will be a presentation on The Food Loss App:
Luciana Delgado, Senior Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute.
At 18:05 there will be a cooking demonstration by Chef Leyla Fathallah
ESOURCES FOR MEDIA:
International Day for Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
Food Loss and Waste Database
Impact video on FAO’s work on reducing FLW
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