About the Tool
When food is lost between farm and fork, the energy, water, fertilizer, and other resources along the value chain that went into producing this food are also wasted. In addition, food that is discarded often decays generating methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas. With support from °µÍøÁÔÆæ and the Government of the Netherlands, IFC, in partnership with Carbon Trust, developed a first-of-its-kind tool to estimate the GHG and cost savings associated with reducing food losses. The tool reports GHG emissions broken down by value chain phase (production, transport, storage, processing, retail, and landfill) for 50 crops/foods in 117 emerging countries. The tool was peer-reviewed by FAO and Cranfield University.
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