There are people dying of starvation or not having enough food to eat - in many places around the world.
So, what a shocking indictment of "rich" countries around the globe to be wasting or losing such vast amounts of food.
"The world loses or wastes 25 to 33 percent of the food it produces for consumption, losses that can mean the difference between an adequate diet and malnutrition in many countries, the World Bank said in a report released Thursday. In regions where undernourishment is common, like Africa and South Asia, the food losses translate to 400 to 500 calories per person, per day. Most losses take place at the consumption, production, and handling and storage stages of the food chain, but regional breakdowns show noted differences. In North America, 61 percent of losses are in the consumption stage — for example, food purchased and left rotting in refrigerators. In sub-Saharan Africa, just 5 percent of food losses are at the consumption stage, but vast amounts of food are wasted during production and processing. “Millions of people around the world go to bed hungry every night, and yet millions of tons of food end up in trash cans or spoiled on the way to market,” said Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank.
So, what a shocking indictment of "rich" countries around the globe to be wasting or losing such vast amounts of food.
"The world loses or wastes 25 to 33 percent of the food it produces for consumption, losses that can mean the difference between an adequate diet and malnutrition in many countries, the World Bank said in a report released Thursday. In regions where undernourishment is common, like Africa and South Asia, the food losses translate to 400 to 500 calories per person, per day. Most losses take place at the consumption, production, and handling and storage stages of the food chain, but regional breakdowns show noted differences. In North America, 61 percent of losses are in the consumption stage — for example, food purchased and left rotting in refrigerators. In sub-Saharan Africa, just 5 percent of food losses are at the consumption stage, but vast amounts of food are wasted during production and processing. “Millions of people around the world go to bed hungry every night, and yet millions of tons of food end up in trash cans or spoiled on the way to market,” said Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank.
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