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South African businesses and households have been urged to significantly reduce food losses and waste in order to address the country’s hunger problem, while also addressing the associated economic and environmental impacts, including climate impacts.  The findings of a recently released CSIR study shows that an estimated 10.3 million tonnes per annum of edible food, earmarked for human consumption in South Africa, does not reach the human stomach. This is equivalent to 34% of local food production, but because South Africa is a net exporter of food, the losses and waste is equivalent to 45% of the available food supply in the country. These results point to high levels of inefficiency in the food value chain in South Africa, at a time when there is increasing food insecurity in South Africa. 

South africaSouth africanHenry romanSuzan oelofseDepartment of scienceWaste researchEnvironmental servicesProf suzan oelofsePrincipal researcherDirector environmental servicesFood waste preventionManagement guidelineஹென்றி ரோமன்துறை ஆஃப் அறிவியல்கழிவு ஆராய்ச்சிசுற்றுச்சூழல் சேவைகள்