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SUMMARY: Food Wastage and Global Food Security - Dr Tim Fox\, Head of Ener
 gy and Environment\, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
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DESCRIPTION:Today\, we produce about four billion metric tonnes of food pe
 r annum. Yet due to poor practices in harvesting\, storage and transportat
 ion leading to losses\, as well as market and consumer waste\, it is estim
 ated that 30–50% (or 1.2–2 billion tonnes) of all food produced never 
 reaches a human stomach. Furthermore\, this figure does not reflect the fa
 ct that large amounts of water\, energy and land are used unnecessarily in
  the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as wastage. This level o
 f resource waste is a tragedy that cannot continue if we are to succeed in
  the challenge of sustainably meeting human needs in the 21st Century. Dr 
 Tim Fox will present the findings of the Institution’s two recent report
 s in this area\, ‘Global Food: Waste Not\, Want Not’ and ‘A Tank of 
 Cold: Cleantech Leapfrog to a More Food Secure World’ and consider what 
 engineers\, governments\, businesses and the public need to do to reduce f
 ood wastage and thereby help underpin international food security.\n
LOCATION:Biffen Lecture Theatre\, Department of Genetics\, Downing Site
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