One third of world’s food lost or wasted, UN report shows

AROUND one third of the food produced in the world every year — about 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday.

“Given the limited availability of natural resources it is more effective to reduce food losses than increase food production in order to feed a growing world population,” the FAO said.

The FAO said the amount of food lost or wasted every year is equivalent to more than half of the world’s annual cereals crop.