THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD WASTE REDUCTION MEASURES IN ORDER TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN ROMANIA IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19

Ionut Cosmin Gheorghescu, Emanuela Diana Gherman, Ioana Mihaela Balan

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This paper highlights the importance of food waste reduction measures to ensure food security in Romania, in the context of COVID-19. Measures to reduce food waste in order to ensure food security in Romania, through the processes of management, minimization and reduction of food waste and guaranteeing food security are essential aspects for the proper conduct of all activities in a state. Also, a country will have food security with improved stability only when food waste reduction measures are successfully implemented, so it will have sufficient availability of agricultural and food products able to cover the food needs of all the inhabitants included within the borders of the country.

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food waste; food security; COVID-19; reduce food waste

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