Measuring self-reported food loss in primary production: Survey-based insights from Central and Eastern Europe

Eičaitė, Ovidija; Baležentis, Tomas; Ribašauskienė, Erika; Morkūnas, Mangirdas; Melnikienė, Rasa; Štreimikienė, Dalia

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2022.02.015

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“…Only few studies carried out in Central. The EU has been found to use a KPIs specifically for monitoring FW in primary production (Eičaitė et al, 2022; Redlingshöfer et al, 2017; Schneider et al, 2019). Redlingshöfer et al (2017) determined the FL rate (%) for several crop and animal products in primary production by deducting the rate of reduced/recycled food from the rate of discarded food.…”

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The concept of food waste and food loss prevention and measuring tools

Economou,

Chatziparaskeva,

Papamichael

et al. 2024

Waste Manag Res

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Food waste (FW) has become a global concern, with an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes lost annually, costing about $1 trillion. Environmental and social consequences of FW are significant, contributing to 6% of European Unions’ greenhouse gasemissions and affecting global food security. FW occurs is a complex issue occurring at various stages of the food supply chain (FSC) and is influenced by multiple factors such as infrastructure, available knowledge and socio-economic conditions. Developed countries FW is more prevalent at the consumption stage, whereas in the developing countries losses occur in agricultural production, post-harvest and distribution stage. Accurate quantification of FW across the supply chain is crucial and monitoring key performance indicators helps identify areas for improvement. The European Union mandates FW measurement, aligning with sustainable development goals, emphasizing the need for effective waste prevention measures. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses approach was utilized to conduct a systematic literature review on FW key performance indicators (KPIs) and monitoring tools. The research identified 22 KPIs, categorized into three levels of the FSC: primary, secondary and tertiary. The most common KPIs included FW per capita, FW per portion and FW percentage. The study further discusses FW prevention measures and essential monitoring tools for addressing FW throughout the supply chain.

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The concept of food waste and food loss prevention and measuring tools

Economou,

Chatziparaskeva,

Papamichael

et al. 2024

Waste Manag Res

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“…These scholarly additions would enhance the understanding of food waste behavior’s social implications, particularly from women’s lenses. Scholars should examine dissimilar human dimension indicators of food waste and food loss [ 9 , 10 ] to advance the inquiry beyond our study and potentially develop solutions that improve these issues, which would simultaneously address SDG 1, SDG 2, and SDG 12.…”

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“…For example, food waste is associated with the loss of water and energy [ 8 ]. An Eastern European study found food waste and food loss were primarily predicted from issues associated with food harvesting [ 9 ]. Also, a Lithuanian study reported that households, retail, wholesale, and food services accounted for 70% of food waste [ 10 ].…”

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A Neoteric Paradigm to Improve Food Security: The Predictors of Women’s Influence on Egocentric Networks’ Food Waste Behaviors

Palmer,

Strong,

Elbert

2024

Nutrients

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COVID-19, the most recent multi-dimensional global food crisis, challenged leadership and impacted individuals’ personal networks. Two cross-sectional surveys were disseminated to women involved in their state’s women’s leadership committee to understand food waste behaviors. An egocentric network analysis was chosen as the methodology to better understand personal advice network characteristics and examine the impacts of Farm Bureau women’s leadership committee members’ advice networks on their food waste behavior. A multilevel model was conducted to identify factors related to respondents leading their network members toward positive food waste decisions. Independent variables included in the variables at the individual (e.g., each respondent’s race, generation), dyadic (e.g., length respondent has known each member of her network), and network levels (e.g., proportion of the respondent’s network that was female) were included in the model. Women were more likely to report connections with people they led to positive food waste behaviors and food security when: they had higher food waste sum scores, they were part of Generation X, the network member they led to more positive food waste behaviors was a friend, and if there were fewer women in their advice networks.

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“…This method of risk management also includes modifying products to better meet the needs of one or another group of users. Such an approach also helps to reduce food waste in the agri-food supply chains [81], thus should be also encouraged due to environmental and sustainability reasons.…”

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Assessment of the Most Appropriate Measures for Mitigation of Risks in the Agri-Food Supply Chain

Kuizinaitė

Morkūnas

Volkov³

2023

Sustainability

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The present paper embarks on an investigation of the main risks associated with agri-food supply chains. A total of 11 key risks, namely Natural disasters of a global or local scale; Workers’ strikes; Change in government regulations or safety standards; Supply chain disruptions due to social or political unrest; Short term raw materials or products (expiration issue); Seasonality; Food safety incidents; Lack of smooth interconnection with other chain participants and Market and pricing strategies, economic crises and seven root risks (Natural disasters of a global or local scale; Workers’ strikes; Change in government regulations or safety standards; Rapid deterioration of raw materials (expiration) due to seasonality; Food safety incidents; Fraud in the food sector; Market and pricing strategies, economic crises) are applicable to all four stages of the agri-food supply chains were identified. An expert survey together with the Best-Worst Multi Criteria Decision Making method was employed as the main research tools. The most important root risks for agri-food supply chains are natural disasters of a global or local scale; workers’ strikes; change in government regulations or safety standards; rapid deterioration of raw materials (expiration), seasonality; food safety incidents; fraud in the food sector; market and pricing strategies economic crises. The most appropriate risk mitigation measures for each of the root risks were derived and assessed.

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Measuring self-reported food loss in primary production: Survey-based insights from Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

The concept of food waste and food loss prevention and measuring tools

The concept of food waste and food loss prevention and measuring tools

A Neoteric Paradigm to Improve Food Security: The Predictors of Women’s Influence on Egocentric Networks’ Food Waste Behaviors

Assessment of the Most Appropriate Measures for Mitigation of Risks in the Agri-Food Supply Chain

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