• Location   

Wageningen, The Netherlands

  • Organization Profile  

Research Institute 

  • Organisation Information 

Applied research organisation for sustainable innovations in healthy food, fresh food chains and biobased products. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research develops insights and technologies that support companies, governments and other research institutes in creating innovative solutions for a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous world. We partner in the creation and production of healthy and tasty foods, of truly-sustainable food chains, and in developing chemicals and materials that use biomass instead of fossil resources. Our in-depth knowledge of the entire chain, from raw materials through processing to end product, drives our approach. 

  • On-going activities related to Food Loss: 

National, European and International research & collaboration projects related to Food Loss and Food Waste, e.g. in Post-harvest Technology solutions for product quality, cold storage and logistics, Supply Chain Development for sustainable food chains, Quantification, Monitoring and Modelling of Food Loss & Waste amounts, evaluation of interventions and impact estimations, and many other expertises across technology, policy and behaviour.  

  • Drivers  for participating in the FOLOU TWRP 

WFBR is mandated to develop & implement the Dutch food loss and waste monitoring, reporting directly to the competent authorities. Given our field of expertise, and our successful coordination of the FUSIONS and REFRESH European projects that were seminal to the EC reporting methodologies and waste framework directive, we’re excellently positioned to contribute to the topic of developing and scaling quantification of food losses in the primary production sector. 

  • Other actors engaged in the implementation of FOLOU TWRP activities 

We are collaborating with the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health, as well as the Foundation Food Waste Free United (representing 120+ Dutch stakeholder organisations in the Netherlands) 

  • Relevant Links: 

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research – WUR 

Food Loss and Waste Prevention – WUR