The Economics of Food Wastage at the Consumer End
Journal Title: Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences - Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Food wastage can be defined as food that is grown and harvested for human consumption but is then discarded instead of consumed, hence, a part of the intended purpose of the food has been lost, which has a negative impact on manpower, machines, costs, and the household. Food wastage is intimately related to the economy. Considerable hard work and investment is needed to grow vegetables and transport them to the market, but after customers purchase them, a certain amount of the food is wasted. Imagine, if the amount of food that is wasted, if not purchased, it could be bought by someone who is in more need of it.
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Anirban Mukherjee
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