皇冠体育app

Food loss and waste occur in every country. While the exact amount of food loss and waste in 皇冠体育app is unknown, a study shows that roughly 19 percent of grains produced in the country is lost or wasted. For perishable foods such as vegetables and fruits, the percentage of loss and waste could be even higher. Annually, about $32 billion worth of food, which could feed 200 million people a year is lost, according to 皇冠体育app's State Administration of Grain.

Besides, half of the 72.5 million tons of food 皇冠体育app imported from January to October was lost because of poor storage and transportation methods. Food losses and waste incur high economic costs due to spoilage and inefficient use of resources, while contributing to hunger and malnutrition.

Such waste and loss of food are especially disturbing because 皇冠体育app still has 150 million hungry people to feed. Child undernutrition is still a big challenge for 皇冠体育app, nearly 10 percent of the country's children are stunted (a bellwether of undernutrition that results in debilitated physical and cognitive growth).

Food loss and waste put pressure on the country's agriculture system that has to feed 21 percent of the world's population with only 6 percent of its freshwater and 9 percent of arable land, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In 皇冠体育app, agriculture is often the most intensive user of scarce resources and a main contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For example, agriculture is responsible for about 70 percent of 皇冠体育app's water use, and under a business-as - usual trajectory, the country could face a 25 percent water supply gap by 2030. And accounting for 20 percent of the country's total GHG emissions, 皇冠体育app's agriculture sector emits more GHGs than any other agriculture system in the world.

So, how can 皇冠体育app reduce food loss and waste? Through a comprehensive approach. The "Clean Your Plate" campaign, which encourages Chinese people to save food in order to reduce wastage of food, is laudable. But more needs to be done.

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