FAO collaborates with Cuba to prevent food losses

Havana, Aug 4 (RHC) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborates with Cuba in efforts to prevent and reduce food losses and waste.

A statement from that office in Havana specified that the organization works closely with the National Committee for the Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses and Waste, providing technical expertise to more effectively deal with shrinkage and remains in the country.

In the context of the implementation of the Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security Law (SSAN), the Coordinator of the National Committee on Loss and Waste, Mariana Pérez, held a meeting with the FAO representative in Cuba, Marcelo Resende.

The statement noted that with the technical assistance of FAO, they are working on the generation of national guidelines for the reduction of losses.

This new approach will require that each municipality in Cuba prepare and apply its own prevention and reduction strategy in the productive and value chains, forming part of the Municipal Development Strategy, which will allow a more localized and effective action.

The recently approved SSAN Law of Cuba includes a chapter dedicated to food losses and waste, underlining the importance that the country offers to the prevention and reduction of such indicator.

These efforts are part of the Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and the Eradication of Hunger of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the 2030 Agenda, and target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The message concludes that these documents establish halving per capita food waste at retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses in production and supply chains, including harvests. (Source: PL)