The first three in Greenhouse Gas Releases: China, USA and Food waste
12 September 2013 Green Newspaper
]]]The report of “Food Israfin” published by the Food and Agriculture Organization revealed that the greenhouse gases emitted for years are equivalent to 3.3 billion tons of CO2.
11 has been introduced with a press conference held in Rome on September Wednesday, the report is the first to examine the environmental impacts of food waste. In addition to the latest user from the field, the report covering the entire food supply chain, it aims to determine which resources and which product groups are formed. [
In order to feed 9 billion people expected in 2050, existing food production is opened to 870 million people all over the world, which should increase 60%. The amount of contaminated food is terrible in sizes. According to the data of the food and agricultural organization, 1.3 billion tons of food is being used in the chain, ranging from food production to consumption. In the process of processing 54% of this waste from the field, bad harvesting methods or storage problems occur due to 46% of food processing facilities, products sales points or consumer transportation and finally in the hands of consumers. A greater part of waste in advanced countries is playing a greater role in the production process in developing countries.
]The bill brought to the economy is installed. The economic value associated with food is $750 billion, meaning that Swiss is equal to GSMH.
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