From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture

From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture

More than a billion tons of food are lost annually across global food supply chains. Spillage, spoilage, insects, and rodents cause this post-harvest loss. Addressing it is a daunting challenge due to the complexity of the many factors involved. Bu...

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Main Author: Mills, Anthony
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
AGRIBUSINESS
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGY
VALUE CHAIN
WAREHOUSING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/719911510727256518/From-farm-to-fork-private-enterprise-can-reduce-food-loss-through-climate-smart-agriculture
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spelling okr-10986-303732021-05-25T10:54:41Z From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture Mills, Anthony CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE AGRIBUSINESS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY VALUE CHAIN WAREHOUSING More than a billion tons of food are lost annually across global food supply chains. Spillage, spoilage, insects, and rodents cause this post-harvest loss. Addressing it is a daunting challenge due to the complexity of the many factors involved. But it is a worthwhile challenge because of the potential benefits, including improved food security, nutrition, economic productivity, and response to climate change. Poor or nonexistent public infrastructure is often an underlying cause of food not being transported or processed effectively. And climate change damages existing infrastructure and increases losses. Despite the numerous environmental, economic, and socio-cultural barriers involved, there are many examples of private sector enterprises that have tackled post-harvest loss successfully. They focus on education, collaboration, and markets. Intense analyses by multi-disciplinary teams will need to be conducted on socio-cultural factors, as well as consideration of appropriate technologies to address post-harvest food losses, the economic opportunities involved, and the likely climate change impacts. 2018-09-06T20:14:53Z 2018-09-06T20:14:53Z 2017-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/719911510727256518/From-farm-to-fork-private-enterprise-can-reduce-food-loss-through-climate-smart-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30373 English EMCompass,no. 47; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
AGRIBUSINESS
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGY
VALUE CHAIN
WAREHOUSING
spellingShingle CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
AGRIBUSINESS
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGY
VALUE CHAIN
WAREHOUSING
Mills, Anthony
From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
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description More than a billion tons of food are lost annually across global food supply chains. Spillage, spoilage, insects, and rodents cause this post-harvest loss. Addressing it is a daunting challenge due to the complexity of the many factors involved. But it is a worthwhile challenge because of the potential benefits, including improved food security, nutrition, economic productivity, and response to climate change. Poor or nonexistent public infrastructure is often an underlying cause of food not being transported or processed effectively. And climate change damages existing infrastructure and increases losses. Despite the numerous environmental, economic, and socio-cultural barriers involved, there are many examples of private sector enterprises that have tackled post-harvest loss successfully. They focus on education, collaboration, and markets. Intense analyses by multi-disciplinary teams will need to be conducted on socio-cultural factors, as well as consideration of appropriate technologies to address post-harvest food losses, the economic opportunities involved, and the likely climate change impacts.
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author Mills, Anthony
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title From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
title_short From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
title_full From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
title_fullStr From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed From Farm to Fork : Private Enterprise Can Reduce Food Loss through Climate-Smart Agriculture
title_sort from farm to fork : private enterprise can reduce food loss through climate-smart agriculture
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/719911510727256518/From-farm-to-fork-private-enterprise-can-reduce-food-loss-through-climate-smart-agriculture
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