Food waste reduction roadmap

About this resource: NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3 and the University of Otago’s Food Waste Innovation Research Theme have developed a food waste reduction roadmap, mapping out solutions to reduce food waste from farm to fork. The research incorporates findings from 30+ interviews and case studies from 12 Food waste “Champions”, whose initiatives to reduce food waste are celebrated.  The roadmap calls on Government to urgently set a food waste reduction target in line with the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 – and halve food waste by 2030. It highlights data gaps, particularly in production, and the need for the Government to progress data collection through a food loss and waste baseline. The report covers five sections of the food supply chain: production, processing, retail, hospitality and household. At the Launch, five Champions spoke to a webinar audience on each of these sections and their case studies.

This project was funded by AGMARDT and administered by the NZ Food Waste Champions of 12.3.

Food Waste Innovation Authors: Trixie Croad

Citation: Vincent, T., & Croad, T. (2021). Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.