Consider the following statements regarding the International Day
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Consider the following statements regarding the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction.
1. The first-ever observance of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction is being celebrated on 29 September 2020.
2. It was designated in the 74th United Nations General Assembly.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Please scroll down to see the correct answer and solution guide.
Right Answer is: C
SOLUTION
The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.
In News -
- The first-ever observance of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction is being celebrated on 29 September 2020. Hence statement 1 is correct.
- It was designated in 2019 by the 74th United Nations General Assembly. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Why is it important to reduce food loss and waste?
- Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and/or wasted every day.
- Globally, around 14 percent of the food produced is lost between harvest and retail.
- Significant quantities are also wasted in retail and at the consumption level.
- Food loss and waste also put unnecessary pressure on the natural resource base and on the environment, depleting the natural resource base and generating greenhouse gases.
- SDG Target 12.3 says "by 2030 halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses."
- To monitor SDG Target 12.3, FAO has created the Food Loss Index (FLI).
- The focus of the indicator is on percentages of food removed from the supply chain.
- The FLI monitors changes in these percentages over time, relative to a base period currently set at 2015, in order to track progress against SDG Target 12.3.
