1
National Program to Reduce
Food Loss and Waste- Argentina -
FOOD AND BEVERAGES IN NUMBERS
• Soya oil
• Lemon juice
• Yerba Mate
• Peanut oil
• Lemon essential oil
1
2 Y 3
• Dry beans
Fuente: SSAyB en base a COMTRADE 2015, en valor.*En base a estimaciones realizadas por la SSAyB
4 y 5• Canned olives
• Virgin Olive Oil
• Preparations of Potatoes
• Lemon
• Coriandro
6 y7
• Corn• Honey• Garlic• Pear• Peanut• Sunflower oil• Plums• Grape juice
10 thousand are in green houses
500 thousand hectares of vegetables are produced a year
7° Producer*11° world exporter
2
12.5% of food production is lost
or waste
Like 16 million tons of food
Losses: 14.5 million tons
Waste: 1.5 million tons
Fruit and vegetables > 45% FLW
Primer ejercicio de estimación de pérdidas y desperdicio de alimentos en Argentina. Dirección de Agroalimentos. Ministerio deAgroindustria. Revista Alimentos Argentinos N°65.
ARGENTINA
FIRST ESTIMATION OF NATIONAL FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
3
Extraído del documento: Conclusiones de la Consulta Regional a Expertos en Pérdidas y Desperdicio de Alimentos. Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. 8 a 10 de octubre 2014, Santiago de Chile.
PNRPDA
Three areas
Research technology knowledge
Governance and
strategic alliance
Communication information
Aims to implement and coordinate public policies in order to understand the causes
and the effects of food loss and waste.
It proposes an agreement to find better strategies with stakeholders in public and
private sectors, academia, and in the community.
NATIONAL PROGRAM TO REDUCEFOOD LOSS AND WASTE
Resolution 392/2015
70 members
Resolution 9/17
Governance and strategic alliance
National Network to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
Ministry of Agro Industry
Researchcenters
SanitaryauthoritiesLegislators
Food serviceRestaurantes
ProducersFood industry
LogisticsRetail
ConsumersMedia
InfluencersJournalists
NGO
Food Banks
Otherprojects
Academia UniversitiesGastronomy
Schools
EconomicsCommerce
4
Governance and strategic alliance
National Network to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
FIRST MEETING“Towards the develop of a National Action Plan for target 12.3”
-October, 2017-
NETWORK MEMBERS
5
NETWORK MEMBERS
Governance and strategic alliance
Legislation
• Provisory amendment of the National Law 25.989 about food donation –Samaritan Law-• Purpose of easing the companies responsibility
• Draft amedment for a Law to establish September 29th National Day to Reduce Food Loss and Waste.• To raise awareness about FLW at least once a year.
HALF ENDORSEMENT
6
Research technology knowledge
Workshop on Agro-Food Chain Evaluation Methodology to identifyproblems and projects “A first step to reduce food losses”.
Organiced with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation onAgriculture and FAO Argentina. May, 2017.
Research technology knowledge
Efficient Horticultural Supply Chains in Argentina.
Argentina invites the Dutch golden triangle to cooperate in thehorticulture sector and agrologistics. At the Mercado Central inBuenos Aires. November, 2017.
7
What can Argentine cities do to reduce food loss and waste?
Comunication and information
Campaign
VALOREMOS LOS ALIMENTOS
-LET’S VALUE OUR FOOD-
8
Comunication and information
9
10
LEARNED LESSONS
• Argentina is challenging itself to reach:
• high quality food production
• increase the amount of exports
• Reducing FLW is one of many strategies
• Target 12.3 is a good way to involve the private sector
• Food security ← → environmental care
HorizonSustainable Food Systems
NEXT STEPS
- Reduce losses in agri food chains- Dairy products- Horticulture
- Call to share experiences of Argentina.- Recognize initiatives- Disseminate successful experiences- Link the stakeholders- Identify barriers that stop us to reach the target
- Define indicators for target 12.3 to measure in Argentina.- Review of the Argentine Food Code to identify food loss
because of the current legislation.- Trainings
11
COMMUNICATION
Campaign "More fruits and vegetables"
Double purpose:Amplify the message and arrive with a
homogeneous image and unique to the whole country.
All together, transmitting the same message at the same time.
LA CAMPAÑA
When? 3rd Week of each month.We start in May.
www.agroindustria.gob.ar/masfrutasyverduras/
12
THANK YOU VERY MUCHNational Program to Reduce Food Loss and Waste - Argentina
www.alimentosargentinos.gob.ar
Facebook.com/aalimentos