Each year, a substantial amount of food loss is generated at the primary production stage.
This has negative impacts on the society, contributing to food insecurity, depleting the environment, generating avoidable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and creating pressure on land and water. FOLOU will work to overcome these challenges by setting up a mechanism to measure, monitor and assess the magnitude and the impact of food losses.
There are several factors hampering the reduction of food losses. At regulatory level, food losses at primary production stage are currently excluded from the EU Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1597, which sets a common method and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste at the national level. Moreover, at technical and scientific level there is a lack of a common measurement methodology to estimate food losses at the primary stage as well as an insufficient knowledge and understanding of the drivers behind it. Likewise, key stakeholders involved in the value chain often lack the needed skills and tools to efficiently prevent food losses and adopt tailored solutions.
Latest News
-
News
12.12.2024
Investigating food loss drivers and impacts in Europe
A key challenge in addressing food loss in the primary sector is understanding the most relevant factors that drive losses in the early stages of {...}
Read more -
News
03.12.2024
FOLOU presents Quantification Manual at EU Platform on Food Loss and Waste Monitoring Meeting
On November 25, 2024, FOLOU was invited to present its Quantification Manual during the Food Loss and Waste Monitoring Sub-Group meeting of the EU {...}
Read more -
News
02.12.2024
FOLOU policy analysis confirms Catalonia as a European frontrunner in the fight against food loss
As FOLOU partners are finalising analysis of European food loss policies. It becomes evident that the project’s frontrunner region Catalonia is {...}
Read more -
News
08.11.2024
From November 16th to 24th, Catalonia joins the fight against Food Waste as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction.
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) stems from a project supported by the European Commission's LIFE+ program. Its objective is to organize, {...}
Read more