Observing the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste - Africa Educates Her Campaign - Part 2 (SDG 4, 12 & 13)

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The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste  

The second anniversary of Africa Educates Her Campaign - Part 2


Advancing climate justice

 For many people on the planet today, food is a given, with tons of edible food being lost and/or wasted every day. But for the staggering estimated 828 million people facing hunger today, food is not a guarantee.


Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to the second part of our program, as we are celebrating the second year of Africa Educates Her Campaign Angola.


Why is it important to reduce food loss and waste?  

Food loss & waste account for 8-10% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.


Around 14 percent of the world's food is lost after harvest, up to - but not including the retail stage of the supply chain, and an estimated 17 percent is wasted in retail and at the consumption level.

This food loss and waste account for 8 -10 percent of the total global GHGs - contributing to an unstable climate and extreme weather events such as droughts and flooding. These changes deny.


Cassava farming process


The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste is an opportunity to call to action both the public (national or local authorities) and the private sector (businesses and individuals), to prioritize efforts and initiatives to cut food loss and waste to enhance efficient use of natural resources, mitigate climate change and support food security and nutrition.

Reducing Food Waste is one of the most impactful climate solutions


The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – specifically SDG 12, target 12.3 – calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains. An estimated 3.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to a healthy diet and some 828 million people go hungry. All of this means there is an urgent need to accelerate action to reduce food loss and waste.


The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) will be observed for the third time on 29 September 2022. 


Reducing food loss and waste presents an opportunity for immediate climate benefits while improving the overall sustainability of our food systems – a necessary transformation to ensure better planetary and nutritional outcomes for current and future generations.

Key messages

1. As the world’s population continues to grow, our challenge should not be how to grow more food; but reducing food loss and waste in a sustainable manner, is an immediate need if we are to maximize the use of food produced to feed and nourish more people

2. Prioritizing the reduction of food loss and waste is critical for the transition to sustainable food systems that enhance efficient use of natural resources, lessen planetary impacts and ensure food security and nutrition.

3. Climate smart innovation, technologies, and infrastructure to reduce food loss and waste are key to increasing efficiency and reducing food system emissions.

4. Food is never waste! By applying circular practices, lost and wasted food can be converted to compost, or used to produce biogas, thereby avoiding harmful methane emissions.

5. Good governance, human capital development, collaboration and partnerships are essential in maximizing the positive impacts of reducing food loss and waste.





We are celebrating our second anniversary, click here to watch the first part:




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