Stakeholder cooperation: A lesson from Denmark to combat food loss, waste

Collaboration between the government, the private sector, civil society and consumers is necessary to tackle the problem of food loss and waste – a lesson Indonesia can learn from Denmark, one of the few countries in the world to have made progress in the fight against such waste. 

Food waste has become a global problem, as one-third of the total food produced is wasted, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The waste has caused 4.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, or 8 percent of the annual global emissions, worsening the climate crisis. Indonesia and Denmark have been facing a similar problem.

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Stakeholder cooperation: A lesson from Denmark to combat food loss, waste".

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