Divine Njie - Deputy Strategic Programme Leader, Food Systems Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
It is very difficult to give an exact figure of the quantities of food loss and waste (FLW) that occur in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Nevertheless, what is not in doubt is that FLW levels are significant, and stakeholders consider the reduction of FLW as a key lever for promoting food and nutrition security, adapting to and mitigating climate change, and easing pressures on natural resources in the region (FAO 2013, 2015) (WRI, 2019).
