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Zero Food Waste


"Cutting food waste is a delicious way of saving money, helping to feed the world and protect the planet."

With this quote let me tell you some appalling statistics of world food waste. 

1.3 billion tons of edible food equivalent to a third of global production of food wasted annually by the world, which is enough to feed 3 billion people, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The value of this wasted amount of food is about 680 billion dollars. 

Food losses and waste amount to roughly US$ 680 billion in industrialized countries and US$ 310 billion in developing countries. Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tonnes) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tonnes).The amount of food lost or wasted every year is equivalent to more than half of the world’s annual cereals crop.

So, let us strive to be better people and not waste our food. 

Regards:-
Aamena

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