Food Losses and Waste

Concerns: Transition to

global food security

A Prades, O Gibert, N Zakhia-Rozis, Setyadjit

18-19 November, 2015 Bogor, Indonesia

Global context

9 to 10 billion inhabitants living on earth

in 2050

• Needs for quantity whereas threats are more and

more present in the future

• Needs for quality because the demand is changing

(more animal products, more oil and more sugar)

• Societal demand is high from the farmers and

renewed agricultural practices

Losses or waste? North or South?

Commodities Edibel portion %(DKBM)

Waste % Production 2014 tonnes (BPS)

Potential Waste 2014 tonnes

Cassava 75 25 23 436 284 5 859 071

Potatoes 85 15 136 514 29 477

Banana

Ambon

75 25 6 862 567 1 715 642

In Indonesia, for RTB commodities

Source calculated from DKBM (Daftar Komposisi Bahan Makanan) and

Production of Commodities by BPS (Biro Pusat Statistik)

In France, 20 kg/person/year of still edible food thrown away

Production Processing Consumption

Losses Wastes

Reduction Losses&Wastes via recycling of co-products

Distribution

Preparing in the field the quantity and the quality?

Distance of the production, processing area and consumption

Complex and multi-stakeholders research topic

French Strategic Approach

INRA and CIRAD decided to face this

challenge and combined their forces

and work in collaboration on a

metaprogramme of research

TRANSITIONS TO GLOBAL

FOOD SECURITY

GloFoods

Hypothesis

Agricultural

practices

Food

ProcessingLosses, wastes

Sustainability & Efficiency of the Agrifood system

Thematic researches of the metaprogramme GloFoods

From June 2014 to January 2015

7 research axes:

• Global approach and modelling

• Governance

• Agricultural yield

• Land uses

• Process, losses and waste

• Food transition

• Access to food

Contribution de qualisud sur op post recoltes

(transparents D Pallet)

Our hypothesis is that in the staple food chain the

introduction of tested appropriated technologies near

production areas must reduce postharvest losses and

increase the food security of populations living in these

areas.

Local solutions for a global issue

How to gain an insight into the relationship between losses and food security?

UMR Qualisud strategic approach

Postharvest operation

• We consider under postharvest the operations of storage, stabilization

(such as drying)

• Also the first food processing steps (such de-husking, parboiling, grating,

etc.) which can be done near the production area.

• These operations make it possible (i) to stabilize the foodstuffs and thus

to facilitate their conservation; and (ii) to bring local added value and

thus to increase the food security of the populations.

UMR Qualisud strategic approach

Design and set up of couscous dryers

Solar dryer « Flow through » dryer

Design of low cost and adapted tools to

monitor the unit operationsGibert et al., 2006

1. Efficient

grating

4. Saving energy

3. Effluents treatment

2. Mechanical press

Reengineering of traditional processBetter working conditions and reduced losses

Ayinase, Ghana, 2001

AFD/MOFA project

Supply chain analysisRécolte des noix de coco

Noix rassemblées au pied des arbres

Mise en tas des noix avant débourrage

Débourrage et mise en sacs (80 à 90 noix débourrées/sac)

Chargement des sacs de noix sur les

tracteurs/camions

Transport vers la station d'expédition

Traitement des noix en station d'expédition/conditionnement

Chargement container

Transport bateau

Arrivée Europe -Contrôle Qualité/

Stockage

Transport vers client

Réception client -contrôle qualité

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