Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierEmerta Aragie: 0000-0002-4982-9923
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211020490en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC)
cg.identifier.publicationRankC
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0021-9096en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalJournal of Asian and African Studiesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.volume57en
dc.contributor.authorAragie, Emerta A.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-23T16:23:39Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-23T16:23:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127905
dc.titleEfficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africaen
dcterms.abstractReducing the huge level of food losses and waste is arguably one of the sustainable ways of closing the food requirement gap in developing countries. Examining selected sub-Saharan Africa countries and utilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Food Balance Sheet data, this study suggests that these countries lose over 29% (58.8 million tons) of the primary equivalent component of food. Exploiting the rich data on water and land footprints of food commodities, this study also identified considerable losses in resources – 21% of total water use and 15% of cropland use – associated with the food supply chain losses, with noticeable implications for agricultural sustainability.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.available2021-05-31
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAragie, Emerta. 2022. Efficiency and resource implications of food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies 57(3): 446-461. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00219096211020490en
dcterms.extent446-461en
dcterms.issued2022-05
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7990en
dcterms.subjectresourcesen
dcterms.subjectfood lossesen
dcterms.subjectefficiencyen
dcterms.subjectwater footprinten
dcterms.subjectecological footprinten
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectfood wastesen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectfarmland footprinten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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