Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Impacts on Poverty and Food Security

Join us as we explore the effects of food loss reduction on economic growth, poverty alleviation, and food security. Discover the links between reducing food loss and strengthening food security, and explore how this strategic approach can shape economic prosperity. Furthermore, we’ll examine its role in enhancing quality of life and diminishing poverty rates.

This event will be in English with Spanish interpretation.

Speaker:  Emerta Aragie, Research Fellow, IFPRI

This work is part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. CGIAR centers participating in NPS are The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and WorldFish. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

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