• Increasing Food Production … and then wasting it?!
    March 10, 2016
    By: Anne Saab, Assistant Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies- Geneva, Switzerland

    http://www.arabspatial.org/blog//blog/2016/03/10/increasing-food-production-%E2%80%A6-and-then-wasting-it

    While the proposed solutions have concentrated mostly on increasing food production, Arab countries should make more serious work of combating food waste and encouraging more sustainable consumption.
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    Related to sustainable consumption is food waste. National Geographic in its March 2016 issue has a feature on food waste, and data reveals that in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia less than half of the food that is produced is actually consumed. Over half of food production is lost in the production process or wasted in post-production. Reducing food waste is a key part of sustainable consumption (and production). Although food waste does not always feature very prominently in climate change discussions, it must feature much more highly on the food security agenda. There is little sense in investing immense efforts on increasing production, while continuing to waste more than half of what is produced.

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