Africa: UN Agencies Launch New Joint Initiative Targeting Elimination of Global Food Waste

24 October 2014

The world wastes enough food to feed an estimated two billion people, the United Nations said today as its three Rome-based food agencies announced the launch of a digital platform designed to take aim at the growing problem of "food loss."

The new online programme, called the Global Community of Practice (CoP) on Food Loss Reduction, was jointly launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), with the goal of becoming "a global reference point" in the facilitation of information sharing between stakeholders such as public entities, civil society and the private sector.

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