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per capita in West Asia (the Middle East).This report sheds new light on the magnitude of food waste, and on the prevalence of household
food waste on all continents, irrespective of country income levels.By throwing away 17 percent of the food available at retail, food
service, and consumer level, the impacts of food systems on climate, nature, and pollution are generated needlessly
An estimated 8-10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food that is not consumed and yet none of the Nationally
Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement mention food waste.This suggests a total of around 931 million tons of food waste across
these three sectors, sixty-one percent of which came from households, 26 percent from food service, and 13 percent from retail.This suggests
that 17 percent of total global food production may be wasted.The weight roughly equals that of 23 million fully-loaded 40-tonne trucks
bumper-to-bumper, enough to circle the Earth seven times, the UN agency said.It finds that in nearly every country that has measured food
waste, it was substantial, regardless of income level.It shows that most of this waste comes from households, which discard 11 percent of
the total food available at the consumption stage of the supply chain
Food services and retail outlets waste 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively.On a global per capita level, 121 kilograms of consumer-level
food is wasted each year, with 74 kilograms of this happening in households.In high-income countries, an average of 79 kilograms of food is
wasted by families per year
Per capita, food waste is 76 kilograms per year in households in middle-income countries and 91 kilograms per year in poor countries.Food
waste at 5.9m tons a yearIn Iran, the food waste estimate is 5.9 million tons a year
Every Iranian throws away an average of 71 kilograms of food a year.According to UN estimates, Iranians have the lowest food waste per
capita in West Asia (the Middle East)
Bahrain has the highest food waste per capita in this region
Every Bahraini loses 132 kilograms of food a year, which is more than other people in the region.Food waste per capita in other countries of
West Asia in a year includes Iraq with 120 kg, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia with 105 kg each, Syria and Yemen with 104 kg each, UAE, Kuwait,
Oman, and Qatar with 95 kg each, and Jordan with 93 kg each.Some other countries that have more food waste per capita than Iran are Canada
with 79 kg, the USA with 79 kg, France, Germany, Britain, Turkey, and Afghanistan.Italy with 67 kg, Russia with 33 kg, China and Japan with
64 kg each, Brazil with 60 kg, and the Netherlands with 50 kg, are among the countries that have less food waste per capita than Iran.690m
people were hungry in 2019This is while, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that 690 million people
were hungry in 2019, a number that is expected to rise sharply during and post-COVID-19
With a staggering 3 billion people that cannot afford a healthy diet.Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 (SDG 12.3) captures a commitment to
halve food waste at the retail and consumer level and to reduce food loss across supply chains
This Food Waste Index Report aims to advance progress on SDG 12.3 in two ways
Firstly, it presents the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis, and modeling to date, generating a new estimate of global
sector, they offer new insight into the scale of the problem and into the substantial prevention potential in low-, middle- and high-income
countries.Secondly, this report publishes a methodology for countries to measure food waste, at household, food service, and retail levels,
to guide a national strategy on food waste prevention, food waste estimates that are sufficiently sensitive to pick up changes in food waste
over two- or four-year intervals, and that enable meaningful comparisons among countries globally.FB/MG
