www.fao.org/mexico Presentación de Emilie Wieben en el Taller de Medición y Análisis de Pérdidas de Alimentos FAO-SAGARPA

1. Global Initiative
on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
Global Initiative
on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
Emilie Wieben
Natural Resources Officer, ESN
Technical Seminar on Food Losses, 19 September 2016,
Mexico City
Food losses in food value
chains – analysing causes
and identifying solutions

2. • The issue and its impacts
• Methodology and tools
• Qualitative assessment – analysis
Overview

3. • Global initiative …
4 Pillars
• Awareness raising
• Collaboration and
partnerships
• Policy, strategy, and
programme development
• Support to investment
programmes and projects
SAVE FOOD

4. Food and Nutrition Security
• Decreased food availability
• Contributes to vulnerability – undermines adaptive capacities and
resilience to climate change
• Qualitative food losses - reduced nutritional value
Socio-Economics
• Poor smallholder food producer – especially women
• Poor food insecure consumer – higher prices
• Income loss, financial loss from input expenditure
• Increased labour
Environment
• Major contributor to climate change ~ 8% of global GHG emissions
• Inefficient use of natural resources (land, water, energy)
• Indirect impacts on ecosystem degradation, deforestation, biodiversity loss
Food losses: Impacts

5. Methodology
Food Loss Analysis: Causes and Solutions – Case
studies in the Small-scale Agriculture and
Fisheries Subsector
Tool
EX-ACT (Ex-Ante Carbon-balance) Value Chain -
provides multi-impact appraisal generated by a
value chain in terms of GHG emissions, resilience
and income.
How to assess the causes, impacts
and solutions?

6. Food Loss Analysis: Causes and Solutions – Case
studies in the Small-scale Agriculture and
Fisheries Subsector
Methodology

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Why case study?
Quantity estimation
Major causes
Exact causes
Most important losses in chain
Impact of solutions
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Case study
Literature review and statistical data

8. • One-moment recording
• Specific food supply chain, specific season
• NOT a national subsector study
• Different time and location: different situation
Characteristics
Many case
studies;
Different
locations
Trends &
solutions
Investment
programs;
Interven-
tions
FL reduction
programs &
strategies

9. Screening
Survey
Sampling
Synthesis
4 S Approach
Report

10. • Understanding the FVCs in the subsector
• Qualitative understanding of the range of losses
• Indicative, quantitative data for loss assessment
• Selection of FVCs for Surveying and Sampling …
based on economic impact, food security,
national development objectives
• Secondary data – sourced from reports, docs..
• Key informant interviews – experts
Screening

11. Survey / Sampling
Survey
• Careful observations in
the field
• Interview with the FVC
actors
• Semi-structured
interview
• Key informant interview
Sampling
• Actual measurements of
losses along the chain
• Load tracking
Collect quantitative and qualitative information
 identify CLP

12. • Magnitude of food loss -
production to retail
• Qualitative and quantitative
• Major task and output of 3 S
find and validate CLP
• CLP: What, why?  target for
solutions
• Impact on food security and
economic effects
Low loss point
Critical Loss Points
Kenya Case Study Report, FAO 2014.

13. • Cause finding – location and ID of causes in the
FVC
• Solutions and feasibility assessment
• Propose interventions and determine technical and
financial feasibility
• Integration/context of national strategies
Synthesis

14. • Make more food available to the people that
need it most.
• Be economically sustainable.
• Not place a higher burden on the environment
and GHG emissions.
• Be socially and culturally acceptable.
Considerations on Solutions

15. • Food production ↔ environment, supporting
ecosystems, climate change
• Adaptive capabilities, resilience
• Energy access, technologies and use
Environment and
climate change
• Access to resources and services between genders
• Cultural practices
• Social position in FVC
• Female inclusion in studies
Social and
gender
• Regulatory and management system
• Application of regulations
• Common practices
• Capacity of chain actors and regulatory agencies
Food safety
Essential Dimensions

16. Studies
banana, maize,
milk, fish
cassava,
potato, tomato
maize, teff
maize, sunflower,
beans
chickpea, mango,
milk, rice

17. EX-ACT (Ex-Ante Carbon-balance) Value Chain
Tool
EX-ACT VC Tool

18. What is the EX-ACT VC Tool?
An excel-based calculator used to:
• Quantify the
amount of GHG
emissions
associated with the
FVC activities and
food losses
• Assist in identifying
practices with
beneficial impacts
Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Value Chain Tool

19. Why EX-ACT VC Tool:
• assessment VC interventions to improve
efficiency and sustainability
• Evaluation of
CC mitigation and resilience potential
Socio-economic/rural development impacts
• Ex-ante analysis –baseline and project scenario –
various scenarios, where are the highest impacts
• Small to macro level
• Project, policy and progamme feasibility
Multi-impact FVC analysis

20. • Consist of:
• Module on VC GHG emission analysis
• Module on climate resilience analysis
• Module on socio-economic analysis
• Module gathering VC performance results
 First analytical framework on mitigation,
adaptation and resilience indicators to appraise VC
performance, also considering losses
Basic structure of EX-ACT VC

21. • Collect data for each stage of the FVC incl loss%
Data inputs
Agricultural
Production
18%
Postharvest
handling
and Storage
18%
Processing
13%
Distribution
15%
Consumption
36%
GHG
Emissions
from FLW

22. Results

23. • Understanding all
dimensions of food losses
and their causes is crucial for
identifying sustainable
solutions
• FVC interventions  CCAM,
poverty reduction and food
security
• Sustainable solutions =
(climate) financing and
investment attractiveness
Towards sustainable food systems

24. Thank you very much!
fao.org/save-food
fao.org/tc/exact
Emilie.wieben@fao.org