ZERO HUNGER - Achieve Sustainable Consumption

"A third of the world’s entire food supply could be saved by reducing waste, enough to feed 3 billion people" [Tristram Stuart, 2009]
" Even if all food produced in 2009 were evenly distributed to all people in 2050, the world would still need 974 more kcal/person/day" [WRI]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that 32 percent of all food produced in the world was lost or wasted in 2009. This estimate is based on weight. When converted into calories, global food loss and waste amounts to approximately 24 percent of all food produced. Essentially, one out of every four food calories intended for people is not ultimately consumed by them. Food waste occurs everywhere along the food supply chain. Food loss and waste have many negative economic and environmental impacts. Economically, they represent a wasted investment that can reduce farmers’ incomes and increase consumers’ expenses. Environmentally, food loss and waste inflict a host of impacts, including unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and inefficiently used water and land, which in turn can lead to diminished natural ecosystems and the services they provide.

Uncover the inequalities with our interactive map. Find out where food is wasted and where food is lacking. Most of the data refers to the situation in 2012
To map the inequalities, we divided world countries into food wasting and food shortaging. Please note, that values displayed are mean estimates per country. There are people suffering from undernourishment in food wasting countries, and there is also food wasted by people living in countries with food deficits. Because there is not established standards to measure food waste, data are heterogeneous and should be handled with care. [FAO] [FAO] [WRI]

About the Data [Last Access: 25.05.2016]

Food Deficit : The World Bank
Food Waste : European Commission , OECD Stats
Food Supply : FAO Stats
Population : World Bank
Undernourished People: The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

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