Preventing Food Losses and Waste to Achieve Food Security and Sustainability

Professor Elhadi M. Yahia is Emeritus Professor (Investigador Nacional Emerito) at the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico. He is also a Courtesy Professor at the University of Florida, USA. Professor Yahia has published 20 books in 3 languages and more than 400 book chapters and articles on post-harvest handling of fresh produce. He has worked at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) where he helped launch the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. He has served as a consultant to many organizations such as the FAO, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), USAID, USDA and ICARDA. He is member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi) and The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) of the World Food Logistics Organization.Dr Silvia Gaiani is a Food Loss and Waste Specialist for the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome. She has previously been a research fellow at the University of Bologna and has worked as a consultant for WMO, the Italian Research Council, and a number of NGOs. She has conducted researches on the field in Japan, Canada, UK, Denmark and Finland and has authored scientific articles and a book entitled Transforming Food Waste into a Resource. Dr. Dima Faour-Klingbeil is a research fellow at the University of Plymouth, UK and is an expert in food safety and regulatory systems, a compliance auditor for food industries in the EU and the Middle East across different food categories, and the principal consultant and advisor at DFK for Safe Food Environment. Dr. Dima developed an operational framework & a regional food assurance mechanism for setting up the Arab sustainable and Good Agriculture Practices certification scheme (ArabG.A.P) as the consultant for a regional United Nations organization (UN ESCWA). She is a member of the Joint FAO/WHO Experts Working Group on the Safety and Quality of Water Used in Food Production and Processing, an author of several scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals, and an invited speaker and advisor at various local, international and UN meetings. Reiner Jedermann finished his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1990 at the University of Bremen. After two employments on embedded processing of speech and audio signals, in 2004 he became a research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bremen. He finished his Ph.D. thesis on decision tools for freight supervision in late 2009. His current research focus is the analysis of spatial temperature profiles and the implementation of automated remote quality monitoring of fruits in containers and refrigerated warehouses. Dr Brenes-Peralta is a Researcher and Associate Professor of the Agribusiness School from Tecnológico de Costa Rica. She coordinates the Costa Rican Food Loss and Waste Network-SAVE FOOD COSTA RICA, together with colleagues from TEC, FAO Costa Rica and almost other 30 members from public institutions, private sector and citizen initiatives. She is also part of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Loss and Waste Network of Experts, and participates in boards, groups and scientific committees related to research, extension, and public policy for different agri-food chains in production, value-adding strategies and sustainable food systems, including the subcommittee working on the SDG 12.3.1 indicator for Costa Rica.

• 1.Food security: key issues: Silvia Gaiani and Jorge Fonseca, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy; Part 1 The problem of food losses and waste2.Food losses and waste: definitions, causes and methods for quantification: Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México; and Camelia Bucatariu, Independent Researcher, Italy; 3.The role of food losses and waste in food insecurity: Camelia Bucatariu, Independent Researcher, Italy; 4.The multidimensional socio-economic impacts of food losses and waste: Abdallah Omezzine, University of Nizwa, Oman; Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; and Camelia Bucatariu, Independent Researcher, Italy;5.The environmental impact of food loss and waste (FLW): I. Higuera-Ciapara and R. Lugo-Melchor, Food Technology Unit, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C. (CIATEJ), Mexico; and L. O. Noriega-Orozco, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. (CIAD), Mexico; 6.The impact of food loss and waste on human nutrition and health: Jorge L. Chávez-Servín, Roberto A. Ferriz Martínez and Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; 7.The role of food safety in food waste and losses: Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Plymouth University, UK and DFK for Safe Food Environment, Germany; and Ewen Todd, Ewen Todd Consulting, USA; Part 2 Causes of food losses and waste8.Improving supply chains to prevent food losses and waste: an overview: Hamid El Bilali, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria; 9.Food losses during production of agricultural commodities: Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. (CIAD), Mexico; Puran Bridgemohan, University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad; and Santiago Vergara, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; 10.Food losses and waste during food processing: Hanne Møller, Aina Elstad Stensgård and Ole Jørgen Hanssen, Ostfold Research, Norway; 11.Temperature deviations during transport as a cause for food losses: Reiner Jedermann, Institute for Microsensors, Actuators and Systems (IMSAS), Germany; Ulrike Praeger and Martin Geyer, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Germany; and Walter Lang, Institute for Microsensors, Actuators and Systems (IMSAS), Germany; 12.Food waste at the consumer level: Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; and Marie Mourad, Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO), France;13.Food waste in food services: Sampsa Nisonen and Kirsi Silvennoinen, Natural Research Institute Finland (LUKE), Finland; Part 3 Food losses and waste in different commodities14.Food losses and waste in cereal grains: Tadele Tefera, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Ethiopia; and Esayas Mendesil, Jimma University, Ethiopia; 15.Losses and waste in fruits and vegetables: Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; and Jorge M. Fonseca, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy; 16.Food losses and food waste in roots and tubers: Martini Binti Mohammad Yusoff and Azizah Binti Misran, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia; 17.Food losses and waste in meats: Salah El-Safty, Ain Shams University, Egypt; and Carlos F. Sosa-Ferreyra, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; 18.Understanding and preventing seafood loss and waste: I. Higuera-Ciapara and R. Lugo-Melchor, Food Technology Unit, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C. (CIATEJ), Mexico; and L. O. Noriega-Orozco, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. (CIAD), Mexico; Part 4 Reducing food losses and waste19.Investment needs and role of the private sector in reducing food loss and waste: Pilar Santacoloma, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Colombia; Laura Brenes, Agribusiness School Tecnológico de Costa Rica and Costa Rican FLW Network, Costa Rica; Sara Granados, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Chile; Maria Fernanda Jimenez Morales, Agribusiness School Tecnológico de Costa Rica and Costa Rican FLW Network, Costa Rica; and Luis Saez, Universidad Santiago de Chile, Chile; 20.The role of food banks in food security and food loss and waste (FLW) prevention: Moez El Shohdi, Egyptian Food Bank/Food Banking Regional Network, Egypt; and Rasha El Shafei, Universities of Canada in Egypt, Egypt; 21.Reusing and recycling of food waste: Jesús R. Rodríguez-Núñez, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico; and Armida Rodríguez-Félix and Tomás J. Madera-Santana, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. (CIAD), Mexico; 22.Householder food waste prevention campaigns: contributions from psychology and marketing: Sandra Davison and Anne Sharp, University of South Australia, Australia; 23.Reusing food waste: the importance of mycotoxin detection and decontamination: F. Ascencio, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Mexico; and T. Sandoval-Contreras, Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic, Mexico; Part 5 Regional case studies24.Challenges and initiatives in reducing food losses and waste: United States: Leigh Prezkop and Amanda Stone, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), USA; Gregory A. Baker, Santa Clara University, USA; Lisa K. Johnson, Independent Consultant, USA; and Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University, USA; 25.Challenges and initiatives in reducing food loss and waste in Europe: Camelia Bucatariu, Independent Researcher, Italy; 26.Food losses and waste in the Near East and North Africa region: Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; 27.Challenges and initiatives in reducing postharvest food losses and food waste: sub-Saharan Africa: Tanya Stathers, Natural Resources Institute (NRI) – University of Greenwich, UK; and Brighton Mvumi, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 28.Challenges and initiatives in reducing food losses and waste: Latin America and the Caribbean: Laura Brenes-Peralta and María Fernanda Jiménez-Morales, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Murillo Freire Junior, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Brazil; Walter Belik, Universidad Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil; Natalia Basso, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina; Gustavo Polenta, Centro de Investigación de Agroindustria del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina; Catalina Giraldo, Cadenas de Valor Sustentables SpA (Sustainable Value Chains), Chile; and Sara Granados, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Chile;

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