1. Approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food, worth over $100 billion, is wasted globally every year even as millions go hungry. This is enough food to feed the entire population of sub-Saharan Africa. 2. A significant amount of the water used to produce this wasted food is also wasted, as agriculture requires large amounts of water. The water wasted could meet the domestic needs of over 9 billion people. 3. Addressing food waste could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by over 10% in rich countries, and help alleviate pressure on freshwater resources globally. Reducing food waste is important to help solve the growing global food crisis.

1. quick
food
wastage
facts
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1.3
billion
tonnes of food
wasted EVERY YEAR
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the
net
entire
fooDpro
duction
of Sub
Saharan
Africa

3. In the United
States 30% of
all food, worth
US$48.3 billion
(€32.5 billion),
is thrown
away each
year.
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It is estimated that about half of the
water used to produce this food also
goes to waste, since agriculture is the
largest human use of water.
(Jones, 2004 cited in Lundqvist et al., 2008)

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Almost 1/3 of food produced for human
consumption - approximately 1.3 billion
tonnes per year - which could feed the
total global population of 7 billion is
either lost or wasted.
(www.futuredirections.org)

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24% to 35%
of school
lunches
end up in
the bin

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Wasted food is also
wasted water. Water
losses accumulate as
food is wasted before
and after it reaches the
consumer.

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The irrigation
water used
globally to grow
food that is
wasted would be
enough for the
domestic needs (at
200 litres per
person per day) of
9 billion people the number
expected on the
planet by 2050.

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If we planted trees on land currently
used to grow unnecessary surplus
and wasted food, this would offset a
theoretical maximum of 100% of
greenhouse gas emissions from fossil
fuel combustion.

10. 10% of rich countries'
greenhouse gas emissions
come from growing food
that is never eaten.
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Calculations estimate that food
waste accounts for more than a
quarter of total freshwater
consumption globally.

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In Nigeria, excess of 10 million
tonnes of grain was reported to
be lost to spoilage and wastage
occasioned by the lack of post
harvest management
(NIFST, 2011)

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A quarter
of the food
produced
in Africa
spoils before
it reaches
the consumer.

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Rotten food stinks!!!
much more dangerous
is the emission of
odourless gas
(methane) that it
produces, which has
greater global
warming potential
than carbon dioxide.
(The Produce News-Oct 24, 2013)
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Nearly one billion people go hungry
every day. More than 20,000 children
under the age of 5 die daily from
hunger.
(
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (
FAO)
,

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53
million
Nigerians
go hungry
every day
14
3rd
Nigeria has the third
highest number of
malnourished
children in the
world.
(www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/africa/Nigeria)

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It is time to
think about
what we are
not eating.
It is time to
Think Eat Save

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The challenge
is not to
produce more
food but to
finds ways to
waste less;
that prevents
adequate food
reaching the
population.

19. Reducing the
amount of food
that is wasted in
the system
represents one
important lever
to help solve the
current and
expanding food
crisis.
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80 million
64 million
Nigeria has a
youth population
of 80 million.
64 million of them
are unemployed
while 1.6 million
are under-employed.

21. Youths can develop a
cooperative strategy with
each targeted value chain to
determine their market
information needs and
potential opportunities that
could provide to facilitate
regional trade and enhance
linkages.
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