If the global food waste problem is to be tackled, food industry businesses need to raise awareness about the issue, improve communication in their supply chains and develop better food harvest, storage and transportation processes, according to a UN Food and Agriculture Organization report and its accompanying toolkit.

The world currently wastes 1.3 billion metric tons of food per year, causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies upon to feed itself, according to Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources.

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