United Nations: A report of the United Nations says that according to an estimate in the year 2019, 93 million 10 million tons of food grains were wasted, and in it India The quantity of food wasted in homes in the country is 67.8 million tonnes. The Food Waste Index Report 2021, released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and partner organization WRAP, states that in 2019 93.1 million tonnes of food grains were wasted, 61 percent of which was from food grains, 26 percent wasted from food services and 13 percent from the retail sector.
The report said, “This indicates that 17 percent of total global food production may have been wasted.” The agency said, “Its volume is estimated to be equivalent to 20 million fully loaded trucks with a capacity of 40 tonnes.” The amount of food wasted in households in India is estimated to be 50 kg per person per year. Similarly, the amount of food wasted in households in the US is 59 kg per person per year or 19,359,951 tons a year.
In China, this quantity is 64 kg per person per year or 91,646,213 tons a year. UNEP Executive Director Inger Ederson said, “If we have to be serious to deal with crises like climate change, erosion of nature and biodiversity, and pollution and waste, then businesses, governments and people around the world can stop wasting food grains.” Will have to play its role in
