Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nReducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and\/or wasted every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail. Significant quantities are also wasted in retail and at the consumption level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food loss and waste also puts unnecessary pressure on the natural resource base and on the environment, depleting the natural resource base and generating greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SDG Target 12.3 says “by 2030 halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To monitor SDG Target 12.3, FAO has created the Food Loss Index (FLI). The focus of the indicator is on percentages of food removed from the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FLI monitors changes in these percentages over time, relative to a base period currently set at 2015, in order to track progress against SDG Target 12.3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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