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1 POST-HARVEST food LOSSES estimation - DEVELOPMENT OF CONSISTENT METHODOLOGY INTRODUCTION Jaspreet Aulakh and Anita Regmi Current world population is expected to reach billion by 2050 (UN March, 2013), further adding to global food security concerns. This increase translates into 33% more human mouths to feed, with the greatest demand growth in the poor communities of the world. According to Alexandratos and Bruinsma (2012), food supplies would need to increase by 60% (estimated at 2005 food production levels) in order to meet the food demand in 2050.
3 consuming available food before its expiry date, or taking serving sizes beyond’s one’s ability to consume. Food loss on the other hand, is the inadvertent loss in food quantity because of infrastructure and management limitations of a given food value chain.
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