According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation, around 1/3 of all food produced in the world is wasted. That is a shame since a lot of people around the Earth do not have even a bit of bread to eat.

In Brazil, 40 tons of food is wasted every day. The data was taken by EMBRAPA, the Brazilian company for livestock and agriculture research. Such amount of wasted food should not happen and we need to change its perspective.

Research shows up that more than half of the wasted food occurs during some production phases such as: growing period in the field, manipulation when harvesting and when storing the food. The rest is wasted during the distribution and consumption.

The Brazilian company estimates that the wasted food rate of the nation could be enough to feed about 19 millions of people.

A great solution to decrease food waste is though reusing it. There are a lot of recipes for this purpose. Unfortunately, the habit of reusing food is not common in Brazil. Just a few people reuse it and make other dishes through gorgeous and interesting recipes.

Education is the key to solve this problem. People need to be aware of the causes and consequences of wasting food connecting this action with economic, social and environmental issues. Nevertheless, the development of technologies can also be a great way to mitigate this problem. For instance, during the growing and harvesting phase of certain crop.

The graphs bellow provide a very interesting idea and reference about the issue.

SOURCES:

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/how-food-waste-differs-around-world.html

http://br.blastingnews.com/brasil/2015/09/desperdicio-de-alimentos-no-brasil-chega-a-40-toneladas-por-dia-00525433.html

https://www.fix.com/blog/food-waste/