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Improving food security in the Near East and
North Africa by reducing food losses and waste
and improving agri-food chain efficiency
Elhadi Yahia, Agro industry & Infrastructure
Officer, FAO/RNE, Cairo, Egypt
The Near East & North Africa Region is Food Insecure
Very limited natural resources (arable land, water), increased population, urbanization, dietary changes
Produce less than 50% its food needs
Imports more than 60% of its food
Very high economic cost, hunger, prices fluctuations, economic hardships on countries and individuals, social, political, etc
The problem is worsening
Increased food production
Land reclamation
Deforestation
Excessive use of very limited resources:
(land, water, energy, chemicals, etc)
Excessive imports
Food insecure region
Per capita food loss: up to 250 Kg/year
About 16 million tons of wheat are lost/year:
enough to feed up to 100 million people (biggest
wheat exporter in the world)
Egypt: About 2.5 million tons of wheat are lost/year,
valued USD 1 billion
Egypt: 11 billion EGP losses in wheat, tomatoes and
oranges per year
Iran: 35 - 70% of the 44 million tons produced are
lost, enough to feed more than 20 million people
Excessive food losses and waste
Marketing Loss and Economic Resources Losses for some
Vegetables and Fruit Crops in Saudi Arabia
product
Losses, %
Farmland
losses
1000 ha
Water
losses
Million m3
Chemical
fertilizers losses
1000 ton
Tomatoes 14 2.56 21.54 1.79
Cucumber 12.1 0.35 2.63 0.24
Potato 10 1.37 10.74 2.26
Onions 5.2 0.21 1.62 0.09
Watermelon 5 0.82 7.4 0.55
Melon 5 0.73 6.56 0.49
Grape 5 0.38 8.99 0.11
Dates 13.8 19.52 539.92 3.9
(Al-Kahtani and Kaleefah, 2008)
May 2012: NERC-31st
“Request to FAO to assist member
countries in addressing the key challenges
of reducing food waste and losses in the
Near East and North Africa by conducting
comprehensive studies on impact of food
losses and waste on food security in the
region and in establishing a plan to reduce
food losses and waste in the region by 50%
within 10 years”
Established Priorities
1. Include “Reduction of food losses and waste to improve
food security” in national POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
2. CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION, AWARENESS,
ADVOCACY of all the chain stakeholders, including
producers and consumers, on value chain improvement,
value addition, quality and safety systems, R&D, advocacy
3. Improve FOOD VALUE CHAINS and increase VALUE
ADDITION
4. Improve the INFRASTRUCTURE and their application,
especially the COLD CHAIN (the most important and
indispensable technology)
5. INCREASE INVESTMENT in the sector
6. CREATE INCENTIVES for reducing food losses and waste
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Expert Consultation Meeting on Food
Losses and Waste Reduction in the Near
East Region: Towards a Regional
Comprehensive Strategy
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 18-19 December, 2012
FOUR MAIN THEMES
The extents, effects and causes of food losses and waste in the region
Improving food security by reducing food losses and waste
Technical means to reduce food losses and waste,
Developing effective policies and strategies to reduce food losses and waste
Policies and Strategies
Comprehensive Studies on Food Losses and Waste:
to assess the knowledge we have, to establish data bases, to
identify gaps and areas for further study
Recompilation of all the studies done in
the region or on the region, regarding food
losses and waste up to now, 2014
Role of Agro-industry in Reducing Food Losses
in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Adel A. Kader et al. 2012, Available at:
http://neareast.fao.org
A strategy formed by 4 components, drawn from the
causes and represent areas of opportunity
Regional Strategic Framework for Food
Loss and Waste Reduction
DATA GATHERING, ANALYTICAL RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE
GENERATION
AWARENESS RAISING, PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICES
PROMOTING INVESTMENT AND ENGAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
POLICIES, REGULATIONS & STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION
AND COORDINATION
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Developing and implementing a REGIONAL
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK to Reduce Food Losses
and Food Waste by 50% within 10 years
Research and Development
ACTIONS
ACTIVITIES
Raising Awareness and promoting good practices at all levels of the supply chain
ACTIONS
ACTIVITIES
Policy development, collaboration and
coordination
ACTIONS
ACTIVITIES
Investment in programmes and
projects
ACTIONS
ACTIVITIES
Save Food GLOBAL Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
• The Strategic Framework for Food Losses and Waste Reduction
in the NENA Region discussed, refined and adopted by member
countries representatives and stakeholders
Strategic Framework Endorsed by NERC-32, Feb. 2014
Regional Strategic Framework
2014-2024
Endorsed by stakeholders, member countries, NERC 32
Developed through a consultative process: ECM Sharm
2012, RMSW Tunis 2013, External/internal review,
Extensive review of literature
Targeted national actions, regional collaboration
Closely aligned to SAVE FOOD, the Global Initiative on
Food Loss and Waste Reduction
The strategy emerged from analysis of the constraints
which have prevented FL&W reduction thus far: Inadequate data
Lack of awareness and technical capacity
Non-existent or inappropriate policies and regulations
Gaps in institutions and coordination
Insufficient investment
The strategy is formed by 4 components, which are drawn
from the constraints and represent areas of opportunity
Three considerations need to be
taken into account for
prioritizing action:
The value chains:
Commodity groups of economic,
cultural and agricultural relevance
The nature of the problem:
The stage(s) of the supply chain
primarily responsible for waste
The constraint:
Characteristics of national food systems
which have prevented FL&W reduction
thus far
The strategy is formed by 4 components, which represent
constraints and areas of opportunity
Data gathering, analytical research and knowledge generation
• Identifying data and information gaps
• Undertake joint research projects to generate data and analysis
• Collaborate with national and international research and development institutions
Awareness raising and promotion of good practices
• Developing public awareness campaigns
• Developing and promoting relevant and practical procedures and technologies
• Investing in capacity building
Develop policies and regulations, and strengthen collaboration, coordination and
networking
• Developing an enabling policy environment for FL&W reduction
• Ensuring collaboration and coordination between all agents of the food supply chain and other
stakeholders, including relevant government institutions
• Establishing regional and international networking
• Create a Coordination Mechanism for the Management of FL&W Reduction
Promoting investment and engaging the private sector
• Attracting investment to improve commodity supply chains
• Investing in appropriate farming technologies and household equipment
• Investments in use and reuse of FL&W
• Financing actions likely to have immediate impact
50% food losses and waste reduction is not only a target in
itself, but a pillar of REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY
The actions needed to reduce FLW will achieve a set of
interrelated objectives, with important links to FAO RNE
REGIONAL INITIATIVES
Increasing the efficiency of
the food system
RI FSN-resilience
Making better use of scarce
natural resources in
the food system
RI WSI
Increasing the agriculture
sector’s contribution to
growth and stability
RI SCA
Implementation and Follow-up
Key national role
Strategic national action
and regional collaboration
for FL&W reduction:
- Action planning and
implementation
- Coordination
- Monitoring and oversight
- Leadership at the regional level
Regional Movement
CFS-FAO Regional Multi-stakeholder Workshop and the NERC: provide occasion to take stock, share experience, and assess progress towards the regional goal of 50% FL&W reduction.
NENA Regional FL&W Network- a mechanism for knowledge sharing
Opportunities for bilateral, sub regional and regional collaborative action
Underpinning this is the support of FAO/RNE, FAO sub regional
offices, and FAO Representations in collaboration with RNE member
countries
Capacity building, education, awareness, advocacy
REGIONAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON FOOD
SECURITY AND NUTRITION
Jointly organized by the FAO/RNE and the CFS, 17-18 September 2012, Sudan
Capacity building, education, awareness, advocacy
SAVE FOOD Regional Network: to strengthen
coordination among national and regional public and
private institutions, member countries to build a
COMMUNITY OF EXPERTISE ON FOOD
LOSSES AND WASTE IN OUR REGION
SAVE FOOD Regional Network
Coordinating Board
of the Network
Secretariat
F F F F F F 2 3
Regional States Level
1
NGOs
Research
Institutions
Universities
Private
Sector
F Focal
Point
WG2
WG1
WG3
4
Capacity building, education, awareness, advocacy
http://www.save-food.net/
A web-based integrated,
multilingual regional
information and
communication system
RNE Save Food online site for publications,
media, news and events
Capacity building, education, awareness, advocacy
Developed documentaries to raise awareness
Capacity building, education, awareness, advocacy
TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME
(TCP): Capacity Building for Food Loss Reduction in
the Near East
A large scale educational training programme (including assessments and
workshops) to STRENGTHEN NATIONAL CAPACITY
of local leaders, managers and extension personnel in four countries on
improved
VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT
For food producers, handlers, processors, distributors and marketers.
Improve food value chains and value addition
Regional Workshop: Value addition and quality
and safety management systems,
Oman, 1-4 Dec 2012
Training program on honey value chain, UAE,
18-20 Nov 2013
Regional Workshop on the Improvement of the Dates
Value Chain in the Near East and North Africa Region
Kuwait, 9-12 Dec 2013
Regional Conference on Food Security and Income
Generation Through Reduction of Losses and Waste in
Fisheries, 24 – 26 Nov 2013, Mauritania
Improve food value chains and value addition
Value Chain Finance: Regional Training Workshop,
Khartoum, 11-14 Nov 2013
Translation into Arabic and
publishing of a book on Value Chain
Finance, 2013
Preparation and publishing of a Manual on
Value Chain of Beekeeping and Honey, 2014
MANUAL ON APICULTURE
A VALUABLE AND FEASIBLE
RURAL CRAFT
IMPROVMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE: THE COLD CHAIN
Experts gathered to discuss,
1. Status and challenges of the cold chain in the:
- horticultural food industry
- fish industry
- dairy industry
- meat industry 2. Extension and technology transfer in the cold chain sector in the region
Improve cold chain infrastructure
Regional Training of Trainers on Means to
improve the Cold chain for Food Sector in the
MENA region, Morocco 28 - 31 May 2012
Cold Chain for Perishable
Foods, 2012
Developing a Cold Chain Policy Brief in the Near East and North Africa, 2014
This brief draws on regional expertise to provide a concise summary of the issue, the policy options to deal with it, and recommendations.
Building partnerships with organizations
who can benefit from reductions in food
losses and waste, or alternative uses for
food waste
- Feed hungry people
- Feed animals
- Feed plants (compost)
Initiatives & advances in some member countries
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
UAE
Iraq
Iran
Tunisia
Oman
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