Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar

Abstract

Cold war, changes in the balances of power, economic crises, poverty and hunger have been the most important discussion topics in the new century. Among those, reducing poverty is become one of the main objectives. According to the international poverty line of one-fifth of the world's population has a daily income of less than 2 US Dollars. Despite progress, the Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America-Caribbean hunger is still a major problem. The total number of people suffering hunger in the World is more than the combined populations of USA, Canada and the European Union. Enough food is produced worldwide to feed all the people in the World. However, despite this truth, nearly millions people are suffering from chronic hunger today. There are a wide range of factors that contribute to this problem, but perhaps one of the most significant is poor food distribution and also food waste. It is estimated that one third of all food produced is wasted from farm to fork. This waste is equivalent to 5 to 6 year of total food production of Sub-saharan Africa. Whatever the socioeconomic classification of country, all countries have food loss/waste problem. Large amounts of food is still lost during the production process in developing countries, however, due to lack of infrastructure and poor equipment. In developed countries food waste is mostly a big problem at consumption and retail stage. Different solutions are recommended for these countries; in the developed world, they include consumer awareness raising and stakeholders partnerships. The developing countries' drivers include raising of farmers education, improve the infrastructure, and supported better technology. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]