Karin Östergren, SP Food & Bioscience

No time to waste: Food Waste Prevention Strategies for Global Food Chains

1/3 of all food is lost or wasted globally

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Focus Expert Group: Food Waste prevention Strategies for Global food Chains

How can

our way of managing global food chains our best practice our knowledge

support actors in low income countries and contribute to less food waste in in global food chains

Approach

Literature Survey

On-line Survey Workshop Analysis Report Policy

Brief

Needs for reducing waste in global food chains

Holistic approach Exchange of experience and

competences, technology Collaboration

Barriers Lack of information on how the

product has been handled and by whom

Uneven distribution of cost and profit

Lack of resources to make a change

Solutions Food waste management strategies: measure, find

causes. Communication Education and organization Certifications Support for investments Policy interventions (industry initiatives, national

policy) New business models e.g. ”whole crop purchase” Good examples, inspiration

We have collected a list of examples

• Solutions with a directed towards global food chains

• Solutions in Swedish food chain having a direct impact on global food chains

• Good Examples that ”could be exported”

No time to waste!

Full REPORT will be ready by the end of November The end of the task of the expert group.

Food waste reduction has become a global movement - but it is still long way to go

and

you all are needed as ambassadors for this important mission!

Thank you for your attention!Expertgrupp, initial Mattias Eriksson SLU Björn Bergenståhl LTH Ingegerd Sjöholm LTH Jan Lundqvist SIWI Åsa Stenmark IVL Ulrika Franke Jordbruksverket Pernilla Tidåker JTI Karin Östergren SP Emma Holtz SP Olof Sköld Jordbruksverket Anna Richert WWF Louise Ungerth Konsumentförening

Stockholm Lisa Mattson KAU