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Ways to monitor FLW: Review and recommendations on data collection and reporting for the Russian context

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  • Ekaterina A. Galaktionova

    (Institute for Agrarian Studies, HSE University, Moscow, Russia)

  • Melanie Kok

    (Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen, Netherlands)

  • Hilke Bos-Brouwers

    (Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen, Netherlands)

Abstract

In 2015, all 193 UN member countries agreed to halve global food loss and waste by the year 2030. At national level, the first step is usually to measure the extent of the problem and set targets. Countries that initiate the inventory of their national food loss and waste (FLW), frequently find out that first, the amount of FLW is bigger than was initially anticipated, and second, that there are massive data gaps, including quality, granularity, representativeness, collaboration and prioritization etc. Russia is no exception. In this article, we will make an overview of what is already happening in Russia regarding the FLW issue and what can be learned from international examples—mainly, the Netherlands. Despite many existing methodologies and practices being limited in their scope, reach, accuracy etc., it is more important to select what is appropriate and/or feasible now than wait for an invention of a perfect quantification methodology in an unforeseeable future.

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  • Ekaterina A. Galaktionova & Melanie Kok & Hilke Bos-Brouwers, 2022. "Ways to monitor FLW: Review and recommendations on data collection and reporting for the Russian context," Russian Journal of Economics, ARPHA Platform, vol. 8(1), pages 81-94, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:arh:jrujec:v:8:y:2022:i:1:p:81-94
    DOI: 10.32609/j.ruje.8.78613
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    1. Shahin Ghaziani & Gholamreza Dehbozorgi & Mohammad Bakhshoodeh & Reiner Doluschitz, 2023. "Identifying Loss and Waste Hotspots and Data Gaps throughout the Wheat and Bread Lifecycle in the Fars Province of Iran through Value Stream Mapping," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-24, May.

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    Keywords

    FLW Monitoring national statistics measurement methodology food loss and waste municipal solid waste;

    JEL classification:

    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture

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