Achieving the Food Security Strategy by Quantifying Food Loss and Waste. A Case Study of the Chinese Economy
| Autor: | Gemma Durán-Romero, Ana Lopez, Daniel Durán-Sandoval |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UAM. Departamento de Estructura Económica y Economía del Desarrollo |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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China
sustainable development goal Geography Planning and Development Public policy TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 food loss and waste Renewable energy sources Economía food supply chain Development economics Production (economics) GE1-350 Chinese economy Baseline (configuration management) food sustainability Food loss and waste Food security Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment food security Food insecurity Environmental sciences Food sustainability Food waste Food supply chain Business Sustainable development goal |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12259, p 12259 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 21 Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM instname |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Undernourished and food insecurity are recognized as two highly relevant topics. Approximately 820 million people in the world are undernourished and 2 billion people have moderate or severe food insecurity (FAO). In addition, globally roughly one-third of food is not consumed and is wasted. This article aims to provide an updated estimate of food loss and waste (FLW) in China as, in the period 2016–2018, there were still 122 million people in this country experiencing undernourishment. In this research, we use a top-down mass balance approach, discuss how it affects the achievement of SDG 2, Zero Hunger, that it is linked also to target 12.3 that “seeks to halve global food waste at retail and consumer levels, as well as to reduce food loss during production and supply” (United Nations). We point out some challenges that private and public policies still need to overcome to reduce FLW. The results of this research may contribute a more accurate baseline for the design of public policies and strategies related to FLW and the corresponding SDGs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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