SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
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Question
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Consumers in industrialized countries annually waste as much food as is produced in what region of the world?
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Southeast Asia
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The Middle East
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Europe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialized and developing countries dissipate roughly the same quantities of food-respectively 670 and 630 million tonnes. Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tonnes) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tonnes).
Detailed explanation-2: -Regionally speaking, industrialized Asia contributes the most food waste by volume-nearly 30 percent of the global total-and has the largest carbon footprint.
Detailed explanation-3: -Around one-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted, resulting in economic losses of an estimated $1 trillion a year. In sub-Saharan Africa, the estimate is roughly 37%* or 120-170 kg/year per capita.
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