Halving food losses would feed an additional billion people, Finnish study finds

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 10:31 in Mathematics & Economics

More efficient use of the food production chain and a decrease in the amount of food losses will dramatically help maintaining the planet's natural resources and improve people's lives. Researchers in Finland have proved a valid estimation, for the first time, for how many people could be fed with reducing food losses. An additional one billion people can be fed, if the food losses could be halved.

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