MANAGING, MINIMIZING AND PREVENTING FOOD WASTE FROM ROMANIA IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Ionut Cosmin Gheorghescu, Ioana Mihaela Balan

Abstract


This paper presents the processes of management, minimization and prevention of food waste in Romania in the European context. One third of all products in Romania reach the trash can or are wasted needlessly. This amount corresponds to 2.55 million tons of food, while 5 million romanians are on the brink of poverty, and 66% of rural families can not provide their daily food. On farms, in processing and production, in shops, restaurants and at home, food is lost and scattered throughout the food chain.  It is necessary for romanian citizens to better understand the notions of food waste and its causes.Without a coherent strategy for managing, minimizing and preventing food waste, without a coherent political approach and without proper financial and investment support, accompanied by advanced agricultural strategies and policies and rural development, our country's food security can be heavily affected in the future.

Keywords


food waste; producers and consumers; food security; food loss

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