Tackling food loss and surplus in primary production

Around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted – a fact that I still find hard to comprehend, says Peter Maddox, WRAP director.

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Tackling food loss and surplus in primary production

So that is why I am delighted that we are extending the reach of the Roadmap and our ‘Target-Measure-Act' methodology to this sector. Farm businesses told us that they wanted to understand their levels...

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