Measuring food waste at the individual household level has been nearly impossible because comprehensive, current data … on uneaten food do not exist. By using food acquisition data, this article employs a new approach to estimating household …-level food waste via a stochastic production frontier model in which food waste is identified as input inefficiency. For …

Food waste is one of the main challenges of modern society. It‘s economic, environmental and social implications … aspects related to food security, economic sustainability or technological approach tackles in reducing food waste and loss …. The present communication is an original contribution to consolidation of state of art in the food waste and loss research …

Sustainably feeding the people continues to be a challenge in the present times. Enormous amount of food wastage … aggravate this problem. In most medium- and high-income countries, food wastage mainly occurs at the consumer end. However, in … lower-income countries, food wastage primarily occurs within the supply chain. Lack of infrastructure for transportation …

Canada’s food system has evolved under pressure to constantly produce more and do so more efficiently. However, the … drive for increased productivity has also led to rising levels of food loss and waste. In Canada, over half of our annual … food supply is discarded. Wasted resources, economic costs, pollution and growing numbers of citizens who are food insecure …