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Food waste and increasing poverty are directly related, says World Bank expert in the area of poverty, José Cuesta. The more people throw away food, foods are more expensive, forcing families to spend more on food and less on other activities such as education and welfare.
"There's not much level of consciousness, even in the richest countries. There is awareness to produce more food but not to improve the trend of food losses in the region, especially in education and awareness, "said Cuesta.
Despite being the region that less waste in the world, 6%, Latin America loses every year 80 million tons, which represents 15% of its annual production, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) . From a nutritional standpoint, this means that if a quarter of wastes energy components that a person needs daily to live.
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In the Latin American continent, waste in steps of production and consumption is, in each, 28% of total losses. Factors such as the expiration date contribute to the losses in household consumption, as the production waste is mainly due to inefficient or premature harvest and the conditions of excessive rain or drought, frequent halls broxburn in Brazil and Argentina. Losses are also assigned halls broxburn to the storage stages (22%), of distribution and market (16%) and processing (6%).
Some technical measures can help curb waste, explains halls broxburn Cuesta, how to use plastic containers instead of bags for depositing the fruit that is collected, or improve the cooling systems to prevent losses during storage.
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