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    Seminar on ‘Social and Environmental Insecurities in Mumbai: Developing a Sociological Perspective on Vulnerability’

    17 Oct 2008 14:00 - 15:30
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    Date: 23–24 August 2012 (Thursday – Friday)

    Venue: Nanyang Executive Centre (NEC), NTU

    Organised by: RSIS Centre for NTS Studies

      
      Credit: Paul Teng, NTU/NIE.

    The RSIS Centre for NTS Studies hosted a closed Expert Working Group Meeting in Singapore on 23–24 August 2012 to address the loss and wastage of food in Southeast Asia. The Meeting was convened with support from Singapore’s National Security Coordination Secretariat (NSCS).

    The wastage of food is one of the most significant yet under-recognised global issues in the effort to combat food insecurity. Just how significant is unclear: relatively little data is available on the extent of food wastage and its impact on the world’s food systems. Southeast Asia as a region suffers from a lack of information on food wastage along supply chains in key food commodities. In order to address the issue, developing accurate and relevant information on the scope and causes of food wastage is essential.

    The Meeting was structured around the conceptual framework of the ‘life cycle’ of food which takes the entire food supply chain into account. Topics for discussion included: global food wastage; the extent of losses and wastage in vegetable, rice and fish supply chains in Asia; methodologies for quantifying wastage at various points in supply chains; overview of current state of technologies for addressing food losses and waste; and private and public sector food wastage prevention measures. The Meeting sought to offer tangible plans of action for increasing knowledge in these areas and for ultimately producing policy-relevant research outcomes.


     

    Speakers’ presentations and papers delivered at the meeting

    Please note that all presentations and papers are draft versions and not meant for citation.

     

    Session 1: Global and Regional Food Losses and Waste

    The Food Not Eaten: Why We Waste So Much Food and Why It Matters

    Mr Jonathan Bloom

    Editor, Wastedfood.com 

    Food Losses and Waste in Southeast Asia
    Dr Rosa Rolle
    Senior Agro-Industry and Post-harvest Officer
    Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    The Save Food initiative

    Mr Gernot Ringling

    Managing Director, Messe Duesseldorf Asia Pte Ltd

     

    Session 2: The Extent of Regional Food Wastage

    Postharvest Losses in the Supply Chain for Vegetables in Southeast Asia

    Dr Robert J. Holmer

    Regional Director, East and Southeast Asia

    AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center

    Food Waste in Hong Kong

    Ms Michelle Au

    Deputy Environmental Affairs Manager

    Friends of the Earth Hong Kong

    Food Waste Republic: An Investigative Journalism Project on Food Wastage in Singapore

    Ms Miak Aw and Ms Estelle Low

    Project Founders, Food Waste Republic

     

    Session 3: Interventions to prevent wastage in food supply chains

    Food Waste Republic: An Investigative Journalism Project on Food Wastage in Singapore

    Mr Anjan Mandal

    CEO, L N Bangur Group

    Appropriate Packaging  – A Key Intervention To Food Loss In The Food Value Chain In Developing  Countries

    Dr Nerlita M Manalili

    Managing Director, NEXUS Agribusiness Solutions

    Consumer Food Wastage

    Professor Albert McGill

    Consultant, Future for Food

     

    Session 4: Research Methodologies and Information Systems to Address Food Wastage

    Researching Food Waste through Life Cycle Assessment

    Dr Brad Ridoutt

    Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

    Consumer Food Waste Research: An Integrated Approach for Effective Food Waste Reduction

    Dr Julian Parfitt, Principal Resource Analyst, Oakdene Hollins

    Supplying Cereal Grain Postharvest Losses Information – The Example of APHLIS (African Postharvest Losses Information System)

    Professor Rick Hodges

    Visiting Professor of Grain Postharvest Management

    Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

     

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