The Food Waste Index Report 2021 was released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on March 4, 2021.
- According to the report, 17 per cent of all food available at consumer levels was wasted in 2019.
- In 2019, some 690 million people had to go hungry.
- The food waste amounted to a whopping 931 million tonnes in 2019 out ow which 61% came from households, 26% from food service and 13%t from retail.
- Globally, 74 kilograms of food was wasted per capita at the household level in 2019.
- In India, the household food waste estimate is 50 kg per capita per year, or 68,760,163 tonnes a year.
- Countries like Nigeria and Rwanda are producing waste at 189 kg / capita / year and 164 kg / capita / year respectively.
- The Food Waste Index Report aims at supporting the goals of SDG 12.3.
