The economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countries
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Food Policy Research Institute | en_US |
cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en_US |
cg.contributor.donor | CGIAR Trust Fund | en_US |
cg.contributor.initiative | Foresight | en_US |
cg.contributor.initiative | National Policies and Strategies | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Bangladesh | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Kenya | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Nigeria | en_US |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | BD | en_US |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | KE | en_US |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | NG | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Asia | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Africa | en_US |
cg.creator.identifier | Emerta Aragie: 0000-0002-4982-9923 | en_US |
cg.creator.identifier | Karl Pauw: 0000-0002-5104-173X | en_US |
cg.creator.identifier | James Thurlow: 0000-0003-3414-374X | en_US |
cg.howPublished | Grey Literature | en_US |
cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136605 | en_US |
cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit | en_US |
cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies | en_US |
cg.identifier.publicationRank | Not ranked | en_US |
cg.number | 2173 | en_US |
cg.place | Washington, DC | en_US |
cg.reviewStatus | Internal Review | en_US |
cg.subject.actionArea | Systems Transformation | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Aragie, Emerta A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pauw, Karl | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thurlow, James | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-08T09:33:07Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-08T09:33:07Z | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131466 | en_US |
dc.title | The economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countries | en_US |
dcterms.abstract | One 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_US |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2023 | en_US |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Aragie, 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_US |
dcterms.extent | 31 pages | en_US |
dcterms.isPartOf | IFPRI Discussion Paper | en_US |
dcterms.issued | 2023-03-07 | en_US |
dcterms.language | en | en_US |
dcterms.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | en_US |
dcterms.relation | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129258 | en_US |
dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136605 | en_US |
dcterms.subject | sustainable development goals | en_US |
dcterms.subject | postharvest losses | en_US |
dcterms.subject | food waste | en_US |
dcterms.subject | value chain | en_US |
dcterms.subject | general equilibrium model | en_US |
dcterms.subject | economy | en_US |
dcterms.subject | poverty | en_US |
dcterms.subject | diets | en_US |
dcterms.subject | policies | en_US |
dcterms.subject | food systems | en_US |
dcterms.type | Working Paper | en_US |
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