Conference for the private sector, governments, researchers and civil society, incl. High Level Meeting.

FAO estimates that each year approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is lost or wasted. A substantial part of food waste and food losses can be solved by technological innovation: a better infrastructure, better storage, more efficient distribution, better packaging, dosage and shelf life. But also social innovations – like a better and more efficient cooperation in the food supply chains and responsible consumer behaviour – play an important role. The Netherlands, together with the FAO, will organise an International conference on Solutions to reduce food waste and food losses. This conference will build on the Zero Hunger Challenge of the UN as well as on the recommendations of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).

Objective of the conference
The 3-day conference will offer a platform to share experiences and demonstrate how combined action in partnerships for the reduction of food waste and losses can boost food security. The conference has an action-oriented approach. It will seek to launch pilots that can easily be scaled up and will aim to establish concrete commitments to reduce food waste and losses. It will also comprise a high level meeting of ministers and CEOs. The conference is intended as a platform to announce actions, to present success stories, and to show easy-to-copy pilots. The main outcome of the conference will be a concrete action plan, initiated and supported by private and public actors together. This conference will therefore include the private sector (food industry, farmers and retail), civil society, scientists and national and international policymakers. To this end, working sessions will be organised by multinationals as well as SME’s around cases and best practices with potential. What is working, what is still work in progress? We would welcome your contribution to this event!

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