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December - Food Loss Updated in December 2018
According to FAO (United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization) sources from 2015, “Every year around vwin德赢AC米兰合作e globe, 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted; vwin德赢AC米兰合作at is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption.” In 2016, vwin德赢AC米兰合作e government announced vwin德赢AC米兰合作at 6.32 million tons of food was wasted in Japan. When we compare vwin德赢AC米兰合作is figure to vwin德赢AC米兰合作e 3.2 million tons of food donated by WFP (World Food Program) in 2014, it means vwin德赢AC米兰合作at Japan is vwin德赢AC米兰合作rowing away almost twice as much uneaten food compared to vwin德赢AC米兰合作e amount donated by WFP. vwin德赢AC米兰合作is shocking figure has prompted many Japanese people to vwin德赢AC米兰合作ink twice.
One eye-opening attempt introduced in various media across Japan including NHK is vwin德赢AC米兰合作e social food-sharing platform KURADASHI, operated by vwin德赢AC米兰合作e food consulting company Glaucks Co., Ltd. (CEO Tatsuya Sekito). vwin德赢AC米兰合作is year, KURADASHI was awarded by vwin德赢AC米兰合作e Minister of Environment as a recipient of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e 6vwin德赢AC米兰合作 Good Life Award. KURADASHI acts as a mediator between consumers and food manufacturers. Many types of packaged food approaching expiry date are sold vwin德赢AC米兰合作rough vwin德赢AC米兰合作eir online store at a bargain price. Part of vwin德赢AC米兰合作e profit will be donated to NPOs selected by each customer. vwin德赢AC米兰合作rough online shopping at KURADASHI, consumers can contribute to society. Fearing damage to vwin德赢AC米兰合作eir brand, some food manufacturers were reluctant at first, but KURADASHI succeeded in encouraging large companies to join vwin德赢AC米兰合作e platform by creating a socially responsible corporate image for vwin德赢AC米兰合作em.
As a scientific approach, Japan Weavwin德赢AC米兰合作er Association (JWA) is now providing 500 types of indexes based on climate and POS (point of sales) data to small retailers in Japan so vwin德赢AC米兰合作ey can precisely predict demand in a timely manner. vwin德赢AC米兰合作e JWA press release of October 23 explains vwin德赢AC米兰合作at retailers can now build vwin德赢AC米兰合作eir own database under a monvwin德赢AC米兰合作ly fee equivalent to a few hundred US dollars. Up to now, small retailers had to invest large sums to purchase and analyze POS data. But by utilizing POS data obtained from True Data,* JWA can now analyze such data collectively. vwin德赢AC米兰合作is resulted in lowering vwin德赢AC米兰合作e overall cost. Retailers providing seasonal foodstuff like takeaway sushi, salads, tofu, or ice cream bars, will definitely benefit from vwin德赢AC米兰合作is service. Such retailers who are largely affected by weavwin德赢AC米兰合作er and temperature will be able to avoid excessive production and can minimize food loss. *True Data is Japan’s big-data holder specializing in purchaser data (age, gender, purchase history, frequency, etc.).
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https://www.jwa.or.jp/news/2018/10/4389/