Why questions of food waste, climate mitigation, and agricultural production will become more urgent

A world that wants to reduce agricultural production in order to control climate change should first look at how much food it wastes.
Why questions of food waste, climate mitigation, and agricultural production will become more urgent

A world that wants to reduce agricultural production in order to control climate change should first look at how much food it wastes.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimated that in 2005, one third of all food available for human consumption was wasted (food that was fit for human consumption, but was not eaten).

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