Why So Much Food Is Lost In The Supply Chain | Food, Wasted 2/3

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the flaws of the food supply chain - when breakdown in logistics caused fruit harvests to be left to rot on farms, or milk in American farms to be poured down the drain.

But food loss has been happening in supply chains long before that. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, in Asia, up to 40% of food is lost after harvest during handling and storage - never even making it to the shops at all.

Poor handling, long travel distances, and bad storage practices cause massive losses. In fruit and vegetable-growing powerhouse Indonesia, up to 50% of fresh produce is damaged post-harvest. That's where social enterprise TaniHub is stepping in, to cut down the many stages of sorting and distribution, and work with farmers to help them improve post-harvest handling practices and understand market demand.

In India, heavy rainfall cause crops like onions to be damaged en route to markets. Social enterprise Science 4 Society or S4S is using solar dehydrators to process turmeric, onions and ginger before packaging, giving them a longer shelf-life.

Food, Wasted is a documentary series done in partnership with DBS, exploring the reasons why food waste occurs, what some groups are doing about it and offers audiences simple but effective solutions to tackle food waste.

To learn more about why we need to work together towards zero food waste and how @DBS is raising awareness on this issue: https://go.dbs.com/36zvDJS

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