Scandalous Food Wastage Globally 全球糧食浪費觸目驚心

The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States， the United Nations said in a report entitled The Food Wastage Footprint.

聯合國在一份題為《糧食浪費足跡》的報告中稱，全球糧食浪費產生的溫室氣體排放，超過中國和美國以外其他任何國家的排放量。

Every year about a third of all food for human consumption， around 1.3 billion tons， is wasted， along with all the energy， water and chemicals needed to produce it and dispose of it.

全球每年約有1/3的糧食被浪費，浪費量大約為13億噸。與此同時，生產和處理糧食所需的能源、水和化學制品也被浪費。

“Food wastage reduction would not only avoid pressure on scarce natural resources but also decrease the need to raise food production by 60 percent in order to meet the 2050 population demand，” the FAO said.

“減少食物浪費，不僅能避免因稀缺的自然資源減少產生的壓力，還能減輕需要提高糧食生產水平60%才能滿足2050年的人口需求的壓力。”聯合國糧農組織稱。

It suggested improving communication between producers and consumers to manage the supply chain more efficiently， as well as investing more in harvesting， cooling and packaging methods.

報告建議加強生產者和消費者之間的溝通，以更有效地管理供應鏈，以及更多地投資于收割、冷卻和包裝方法。

It also said consumers in the developed world should be encouraged to serve smaller portions and make more use of leftovers. Businesses should give surplus food to charities， and develop alternatives to dump organic waste in landfill.

該報告還說，應鼓勵發達國家的消費者提供小分量的食物，并更多地利用剩余飯菜。企業應該將剩余食物捐給慈善機構，并開發出將有機廢物倒入垃圾填埋場的替代方法。

The FAO estimated the cost of the wasted food， excluding fish and seafood， is about $750 billion a year， based on producer prices.

聯合國糧農組織估算，基于生產者價格，不包括魚和海鮮在內，一年所浪費糧食的經濟損失約為7500億美元。

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