Overview of food waste in South American Countries for the last 10 years.

Renata Sarybaeva

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Abstract Worldwide almost a third of all food produced is being wasted, and part of it is lost before even getting on the table. Although South America is one of the biggest producers and exporters of food and agriculture products, it still faces food access problems to all people in that area. And yet, the amount of food losses and waste is vast. According to FAO estimation, about 6% of the world food losses come from South American countries and the Caribbean, where approximately 47 million people still suffer from hunger. Losses of food occur at every step of the food chain: production, storage, distribution, and consumer levels. Household food waste is influenced by consumers' actions and attitudes along various stages: planning, purchase, storage, preparation, consumption, and final disposition. However, there is a potential to prevent hunger in these countries by reducing and managing food waste when every sector of society will achieve this essential to everyone's goal.

Keywords

Food waste, food system, Consumption stage, South America

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 4. 2021

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Helga Johana Hernandez Hernandez, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme / field:
Tropical Agriculture / International Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development