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

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeForesighten_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BDen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierEmerta Aragie: 0000-0002-4982-9923en_US
cg.creator.identifierKarl Pauw: 0000-0002-5104-173Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierJames Thurlow: 0000-0003-3414-374Xen_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136605en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Uniten_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategiesen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number2173en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
dc.contributor.authorAragie, Emerta A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPauw, Karlen_US
dc.contributor.authorThurlow, Jamesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T09:33:07Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-08-08T09:33:07Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131466en_US
dc.titleThe economywide effects of reducing food loss and waste in developing countriesen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent31 pagesen_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2023-03-07en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129258en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136605en_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen_US
dcterms.subjectpostharvest lossesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood wasteen_US
dcterms.subjectvalue chainen_US
dcterms.subjectgeneral equilibrium modelen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomyen_US
dcterms.subjectpovertyen_US
dcterms.subjectdietsen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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