UN Warns Against Food Waste on World Food Day

The United Nations marked World Food Day on Wednesday warning against food waste, as amid rising obesity, 842 million people go hungry and stressing the importance of healthy diets. Around a third of food produced globally currently goes to waste -- some 1.3 billion tonnes a year according to the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). "With just a quarter of that, we could feed the 842 million hungry," said Robert van Otterdijk, an agriculture ...

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