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Turkey threw away 214 billion Turkish liras (37.7 billion dollars) worth of food on an annual basis, according to the head of an anti-waste advocacy group. "The amount of food wasted in Turkey stands at 26 million tons," Aziz Akgül, chairman of the Turkey Waste Reduction Foundation told Anadolu Agency. Akgül said 25-40 percent of food produced in the country was either lost or wasted every year. "According to data from Turkey's Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBITAK), the amount of wasted fruits and vegetables is 12 million tons, worth 25 billion liras (4.4 billion dollars)," Akgül noted. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one-third of all food produced globally is either lost or wasted, amounting to about 1.3 billion tons per year.

You might be familiar with the fact that in the U.S., an estimated 40 percent of food goes uneaten. That’s an alarming statistic on its own. This amount of wasted food correlates with waste in other areas: Around 21 percent of all water used in the U.S. and 18 percent of cropland is dedicated to food that will never get eaten, exercising a significant strain on already stressed resources. But most of the traditional research into food waste looks only at what goes uneaten at the distribution, retail, and consumer levels. These measurements capture how much inventory grocery stores toss, for instance, or how much consumers let go rotten in their fridge without eating. When a team of researchers at the University of Santa Clara set out to figure out how much produce is wasted before it even leaves the fields, they found a much more dire picture . According to the research team, around 33 percent of food that’s grown is either unharvested or left behind in the fields because the gr...

Turkey wasting 15 percent of national income... A report, released recently, pointed out that Turkey had wasted about 15 percent of the national income, according to its data for 2018 it amounted to 555 billion liras. This calculation was made both from the main sources of waste such as food, energy and water. In the report, it was unveiled that the amount of wasted food, 26 million tons, in Turkey corresponded to 125 billion liras. In addition, between 25-40 percent of 54 million tons fresh fruits and vegetables grown annually in Turkey is lost or wasted, drawing attention to the most optimistic accounts have stressed that it is worth 25 billion liras. The waste of bread is shocking: 6 million breads go to waste... The report also noted that 85 millions breads (300 gr.) daily produced across Turkey of which 6 millions go to landfills. That means 7 percent of produced breads are is wasted.

Istanbul Commodity Exchange (ISTIB) Vice Chairman of the Board Ilhan Koyunseven said that food prices were falling with the effect of the season, but while rejoicing, the importance of planned progress in agriculture should not be forgotten, besides not daily, yet long-term effects of structural measures should be taken into consideration... Speaking at the Istanbul Commodity Exchange's July assembly meeting, Koyunseven said that structural measures should be taken, not everyday, for the balance of food prices. Koyunseven stated that the inflation figures in June came down as a result of the decrease in the pressure of food inflation in the summer months and said: "We are constantly stressing the impact of food inflation on general inflation. We have experienced this once again. I would like to draw attention to this point only; fruit and vegetable prices have fallen. Producers whose profitability has decreased or even suffered, will review the sowing decisions f...

5 ways to feed 10 billion people in 2050... Greg Foot - BBC Future... The world's population continues to grow. According to some estimates, the global population will reach 10 billion by 2050. It will take record-breaking food to feed all these people. What kind of changes are needed in many areas from agricultural production to retail? This will require changes in many areas, from agricultural production to retail sales. Here are some of them... Agricultural products have an important place in nutrition. However, there are some problems that this creates. 70 percent of the total freshwater resources on earth are used in agriculture. One third of the total greenhouse gas production in the world stems from agricultural activities. It also affects biodiversity negatively and causes soil degradation. Since the land available for agriculture is limited, it is necessary to find ways to achieve more efficient agricultural production. It is also important that we change o...