The economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countries

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeForesight
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierEmerta Aragie: 0000-0002-4982-9923
cg.creator.identifierKarl Pauw: 0000-0002-5104-173X
cg.creator.identifierJames Thurlow: 0000-0003-3414-374X
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136605en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number2173en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
dc.contributor.authorAragie, Emerta A.en
dc.contributor.authorPauw, Karlen
dc.contributor.authorThurlow, Jamesen
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T09:33:07Zen
dc.date.available2023-08-08T09:33:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131466
dc.titleThe economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countriesen
dcterms.abstractOne of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reducing food loss and waste (FLW) across all stages of food value chains, including the on-farm production, the off-farm postharvest, processing, and distribution, and the household consumption stages. We employ general equilibrium models for Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria to assess the economywide implications of reducing FLW at different stages of value chains. Halving FLW results in GDP increases of between 1.1 and 2 percent, with up to 13 million people lifted out of poverty across the three countries. Diets also improve – especially in Kenya and Nigeria – due to greater availability and lower prices of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. Although most of the gains originate from reducing FLW in the on-farm production stage, strong intersectoral linkages mean around 30 percent of measured GDP gains are realized in non-agricultural sectors. Reducing waste at the final consumption stage has small negative impacts on GDP as households purchase less food without reducing their food intake. We conclude that the significant economywide gains provide a justification for adopting FLW reduction strategies, although costing the policy and investment options needed to reduce FLW is an important area for future research.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAragie, Emerta; Pauw, Karl; and Thurlow, James. 2023. The economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countries. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2173. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136605.en
dcterms.extent31 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2023-03-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129258en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136605en
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen
dcterms.subjectpostharvest lossesen
dcterms.subjectfood wasteen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainen
dcterms.subjectgeneral equilibrium modelen
dcterms.subjecteconomyen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectdietsen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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