Billion tonnes of food thrown away, says report
13 May 2011

About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – roughly 1.3 billion tonnes – is lost or wasted, according to a new study.
The study, compiled by the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology and unveiled this week, finds that food waste is more of a problem in rich countries and food loss during production is a bigger issue in poor countries because of poor infrastructure and technology.
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