According to a new United Nations report, The world wasted an estimated 19 percent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons.

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According to a new United Nations report, The world wasted an estimated 19 percent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons. The U.N Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report, published, tracks the progress of countries to halve food waste by 2030. The number of countries reporting for the index nearly doubled from the first report in 2021. The 2021 report estimated that 17 percent of the food produced globally in 2019, or 931 million metric tons (1.03 billion tons), was wasted, but authors warned against direct comparisons because of the lack of sufficient data from many countries. The report is co-authored by UNEP and Waste and Resources Action Programme, an international charity. Most of the waste — 60 percent — came in households. About 28 percent came from food service, or restaurants, with about 12 percent from retailers.


      The report comes at a time when 783 million people around the world face chronic hunger and many places facing deepening food crises.

      Food loss and waste generates 8 percent to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

     

 

     


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