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Food Security & Agriculture
Post Harvest Handling & Storage
Lack of food security is one of the most significant problems faced by the global poor. More than 820 million people—constituting about 11 percent of the world’s population—do not have enough food to live a healthy life. This happens in spite of the fact that most low-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, have large agrarian populations. About 50 percent of the total population in these regions is either employed in agriculture or dependent on it as the primary source of food. Here are the issues affecting the problem, and the context in which the following breakthrough solutions can help.
20% of cereals, >50% of fruits & vegetables and >25% of meat in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia is wasted before use
While food is wasted everywhere, most losses in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia occur before it reaches consumers
