Research Article

The Social Initiative on Food Loss and Waste

Volume: 23 Number: 2 December 30, 2017
  • Celile Özçiçek Dölekoğlu *
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The Social Initiative on Food Loss and Waste

Abstract

Cold war, changes in the balances of power, economic crises, poverty and hunger have been the most important

discussion topics in the new century. Among those, reducing poverty is become one of the main objectives.

According to the international poverty line of one-fifth of the world's population has a daily income of less than 2

US Dollars. Despite progress, the Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America-Caribbean hunger is

still a major problem. The total number of people suffering hunger in the World is more than the combined

populations of USA, Canada and the European Union. Enough food is produced worldwide to feed all the people

in the World. However, despite this truth, nearly millions people are suffering from chronic hunger today. There

are a wide range of factors that contribute to this problem, but perhaps one of the most significant is poor food

distribution and also food waste. It is estimated that one third of all food produced is wasted from farm to fork.

This waste is equivalent to 5 to 6 year of total food production of Sub-saharan Africa. Whatever the socioeconomic

classification of country, all countries have food loss/waste problem. Large amounts of food is still lost

during the production process in developing countries, however, due to lack of infrastructure and poor

equipment. In developed countries food waste is mostly a big problem at consumption and retail stage. Different

solutions are recommended for these countries; in the developed world, they include consumer awareness

raising and stakeholders partnerships. The developing countries' drivers include raising of farmers education,

improve the infrastructure, and supported better technology.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Celile Özçiçek Dölekoğlu * This is me

Publication Date

December 30, 2017

Submission Date

May 24, 2017

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 23 Number: 2

APA
Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, C. (2017). Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar. Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi, 23(2), 179-186. https://doi.org/10.24181/tarekoder.364946
AMA
1.Özçiçek Dölekoğlu C. Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar. TJAE. 2017;23(2):179-186. doi:10.24181/tarekoder.364946
Chicago
Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, Celile. 2017. “Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf Ve Toplumsal Çabalar”. Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi 23 (2): 179-86. https://doi.org/10.24181/tarekoder.364946.
EndNote
Özçiçek Dölekoğlu C (December 1, 2017) Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar. Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi 23 2 179–186.
IEEE
[1]C. Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, “Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar”, TJAE, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 179–186, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.24181/tarekoder.364946.
ISNAD
Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, Celile. “Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf Ve Toplumsal Çabalar”. Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi 23/2 (December 1, 2017): 179-186. https://doi.org/10.24181/tarekoder.364946.
JAMA
1.Özçiçek Dölekoğlu C. Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar. TJAE. 2017;23:179–186.
MLA
Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, Celile. “Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf Ve Toplumsal Çabalar”. Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi, vol. 23, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 179-86, doi:10.24181/tarekoder.364946.
Vancouver
1.Celile Özçiçek Dölekoğlu. Gıda Kayıpları, İsraf ve Toplumsal Çabalar. TJAE. 2017 Dec. 1;23(2):179-86. doi:10.24181/tarekoder.364946

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