Sensitization of students about wastage of food at social.
Food Waste in Schools A summary report on the findings of a research project to better understand the nature and types of food waste in schools; the reasons why food is wasted in schools and the impact of interventions developed to help schools to reduce this waste. Research date: September 2009-April 2010 Date: January 2011.
Linkage between food wastage interventions and food security often not explicit 21 2.1 Short-term impacts of food wastage interventions 21 2.2 Middle- and long-term impacts of food wastage interventions 22 On food security and food prices 22 On the environment 22 Success of interventions depends on circumstances 23.
Ongoing food waste reduction publicity and outreach programme to increase awareness of the food waste situation in Singapore, as well as to encourage consumers to adopt smart food purchase, storage and preparation habits that can help them minimise food wastage. More than 400 Food Waste Reduction Ambassadors have also been trained to help spread the word on food waste reduction with their.
Consuming locally produced foods also helps in controlling over-production and wastage of natural resources as there is no need to buy the food in bulk for the future storage. In addition, we can indirectly contribute in the growth of small and medium sized enterprises in every region. This will further boost the economic development of a country.
The recommendations of the above study for controlling food wastage focus majorly on education and awareness.. the prevention of wastage of food by counseling students to exercise restraint when ordering or taking. menus and the required quantity of items at their homes or while organizing a social gathering.
List of Figures Figure 1: Sources of food wastage and sources of environmental impacts in the food life cycle 10 Figure 2: Total agricultural production (FBS) vs. food wastage volumes 12 Figure 3: Food wastage volumes, at world level by phase of the food supply chain 13 Figure 4: Relative food wastage, by region and by phase of the food supply chain 13.
At the same time, a third of global food production goes waste. In the UK, 5.6M people live in deep poverty, where basic food provision is a daily challenge; yet at the same time, 15 million tonnes of food is wasted annually, with nearly half discarded within UK households.