Almost USD 990 billion food is wasted a year.
What is the world doing about that?
If this could be controlled, we would be so close to ending world hunger.
If this would also be spent on infrastructure, imagine how much can be built.
What I’m saying is that please, we should learn to do our own part not to waste any food no matter how little.
If humans can’t eat the leftovers, we should put it in a good place or container outside our homes for other living creatures to eat.
The lord commands us not to be extravagant in everything.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that the world produces enough food waste about 1.4 billion tons to feed as many as 2 billion people each year.
That’s roughly one-third of the global food supply.
Meanwhile, about 815 million people do not have enough food to lead a healthy, active life, and nearly 25% of people in developing countries are undernourished, according to the World Food Programme.
In a world of over 7 billion people, set to grow to 9 billion by 2050, wasting food makes no sense even economically, environmentally, and ethically, says Achim Steiner, U.N. undersecretary general and U.N. environment programme executive director.
In low-income countries, most food loss happens due to limited harvesting capabilities, poor storage, or deficiencies in transportation, processing, or infrastructure.
But at the homes of many middle class and rich people in these nations, many waste much more food than people can imagine.
However, in medium and high-income countries, food loss more often happens at the consumer’s end thrown out at the supermarket, restaurant, or at home.
Abubakar Usman Abubakar [email protected]
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