Wasted Potential

This open access book examines how food systems reforms can support efforts to achieve SDG 12 by reducing food loss and waste in support of sustainable, safe, and nutritious diets in countries at different points of structural transformation. To achieve responsible production and consumption and support safe and nutritious diets, sustainable food system transformations are needed. Strategies to achieve this transformation focus on increasing production and supply of nutrient-rich foods; efficiently moving food along the value chain to make healthy foods accessible; ensuring that quality diets are affordable; and driving demand for healthy diets via informed food choice. By 2030, the United Nations aims to halve food waste and reduce food loss as part of Sustainable Development Goal target 12.3. Preventing food loss and waste, both in terms of food quantity and food quality, aligns with strategies to promote sustainable diets for all.