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Food wastage footprint : impacts on natural resources : summary report.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply.
- Food industry and trade.
- Waste (Economics).
- Salvage (Waste, etc.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (63 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This FAO study provides a global account of the environmental footprint of food wastage (i.e. both food loss and food waste) along the food supply chain, focusing on impacts on climate, water, land and biodiversity. A model has been developed to answer two key questions: what is the magnitude of food wastage impacts on the environment; and what are the main sources of these impacts, in terms of regions, commodities, and phases of the food supply chain involved--with a view to identify "environmental hotspots" related to food wastage.
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Executive summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Context and definitions""; ""Scope and methodology""; ""Food wastage volumes""; ""Carbon footprint""; ""Water footprint""; ""Land use""; ""Biodiversity""; ""Economic assessment""; ""Cross-analysis and key findings""; ""Potential improvement areas""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61).
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 859186161
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