Food Losses and Waste Concerns: Transition to
global food security
A Prades, O Gibert, N Zakhia-Rozis, Setyadjit
18-19 November, 2015 Bogor, Indonesia
Global context
9 to 10 billion inhabitants living on earth in 2050
• Needs for quantity whereas threats are more and more present in the future
• Needs for quality because the demand is changing (more animal products, more oil and more sugar)
• Societal demand is high from the farmers and renewed agricultural practices
Losses or waste? North or South?
Commodities Edibel portion
%(DKBM) Waste % Production 2014 tonnes (BPS)
Potential Waste 2014 tonnes
Cassava 75 25 23 436 284 5 859 071
Potatoes 85 15 136 514 29 477
Banana Ambon
75 25 6 862 567 1 715 642
In Indonesia, for RTB commodities
Source calculated from DKBM (Daftar Komposisi Bahan Makanan) and Production of Commodities by BPS (Biro Pusat Statistik)
In France, 20 kg/person/year of still edible food thrown away
Production Processing Consumption
Losses Wastes
Reduction Losses&Wastes via recycling of co-products Distribution
Preparing in the field the quantity and the quality?
Distance of the production, processing area and consumption
Complex and multi-stakeholders research topic
French Strategic Approach
INRA and CIRAD decided to face this challenge and combined their forces
and work in collaboration on a metaprogramme of research
TRANSITIONS TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
GloFoods
Hypothesis
Agricultural practices
Food Processing
Losses, wastes
Sustainability & Efficiency of the Agrifood system
Thematic researches of the metaprogramme GloFoods
From June 2014 to January 2015
7 research axes:
• Global approach and modelling
• Governance
• Agricultural yield
• Land uses
• Process, losses and waste
• Food transition
• Access to food
Contribution de qualisud sur op post recoltes (transparents D Pallet)
Our hypothesis is that in the staple food chain the introduction of tested appropriated technologies near production areas must reduce postharvest losses and increase the food security of populations living in these areas.
Local solutions for a global issue How to gain an insight into the relationship between losses and food security?
UMR Qualisud strategic approach
Postharvest operation
• We consider under postharvest the operations of storage, stabilization (such as drying)
• Also the first food processing steps (such de-husking, parboiling, grating, etc.) which can be done near the production area.
• These operations make it possible (i) to stabilize the foodstuffs and thus to facilitate their conservation; and (ii) to bring local added value and thus to increase the food security of the populations.
UMR Qualisud strategic approach
Design and set up of couscous dryers
Solar dryer « Flow through » dryer
Design of low cost and adapted tools to monitor the unit operations
Gibert et al., 2006
1. Efficient grating
4. Saving energy 3. Effluents
treatment
2. Mechanical press
Reengineering of traditional process
Better working conditions and reduced losses
Ayinase, Ghana, 2001 AFD/MOFA project
Supply chain analysis
Récolte des noix de coco
Noix rassemblées au pied des arbres
Mise en tas des noix avant débourrage
Débourrage et mise en sacs (80 à 90 noix débourrées/sac)
Chargement des sacs de noix sur les tracteurs/camions
Transport vers la station d'expédition
Traitement des noix en station d'expédition/conditionnement
Chargement container
Transport bateau
Arrivée Europe - Contrôle Qualité/
Stockage
Transport vers client
Réception client - contrôle qualité
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