It is more fun criticizing
In 2021, the nutrition Council of the Philippines determined that the daily food wastage stands at 1,700 metric tons a day enough to feed 3 million individuals. Thats a lot. The factors that contribute to this are:smuggling, poor access to market, spillage, and lack of facilities
Most of wastage occurs in household
A total of 1.3 billions of tons of food are wasted annually. And yet 800 million people go hungry
What can be done to address this wastage:
1. Storage and post harvest facilities;; (mechanized. Many inventions are available at CLSU in Munioz Nueva Ecija
2. Refrigeration and cold storage facilities
3. Food preserves: tomatoes, pickles, Kimchi, dillls canned or in bottles. Farms in Europe
do this. I know a friend who has dragon fruit farm who ferments excess produce to be
wine or vinegar. No fruit rots or is wasted. Just thinking or being smart
Some civil societies buy excess food in bulk and distribute this to the needy.
Some students collect about to be thrown food from resto and give this to those who are starving
In the Philippines, 1,717 metric tons of food is wasted each day, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology said. Likewise, the International Rice Research Institute said P23 million worth of rice is wasted daily, enough to feed 4.3 million individuals.Oct 22, 2021
