A game about
Food Loss and Waste?
A game about
Food Loss
and Waste?
HOW IT WORKS
HOW IT WORKS
“By bringing insights from state-of-the-art modeling into an app, we can allow players to understand the complexity of real-life policymaking in a simple but not simplistic way. This approach allows everyone to test a number of strategies, and learn that addressing both local and global challenges does not require waiting for a hypothetical or miracle solution, but instead requires the development of a well-designed policy agenda, with costs and benefits, understood and accepted by most stakeholders”
David Laborde
Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI.
Your Goal: Improve Sustainability by Reducing Food Loss and Waste.
The problem of food loss and waste can be described using the number of kilograms of food lost or wasted. But it also
represents something economically, socially, and environmentally.
Food loss and waste make significant contributions to global warming and agrifood systems inefficiencies.
The global community knows that these are important issues and both have indicators linked to the SDG agenda. Tackling this challenge can deliver a triple win by feeding more people with healthier diets, generating income for agri-food systems workers, and conserving and protecting natural resources.
Food Loss.
Food loss results from decisions and actions made by producers, harvesters, pre-processors, transporters, and wholesale markets. Food is precious and minimizing food loss is critical, especially in times of need. The annual global food loss includes 28 million tons of wheat, which is more than the entire annual wheat production of Ukraine, the world's fifth largest wheat exporter.
Food waste.
Food waste results from decisions and actions made by retailers, restaurants, food service providers, and consumers.
Food Loss.
Food loss results from decisions and actions made by producers, harvesters, pre-processors, transporters, and wholesale markets. Food is precious and minimizing food loss is critical, especially in times of need. The annual global food loss includes 28 million tons of wheat, which is more than the entire annual wheat production of Ukraine, the world's fifth largest wheat exporter.
Food waste.
Food waste results from decisions and actions made by retailers, restaurants, food service providers, and consumers.
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The Three Dimensions of Sustainability.
For a long time, "development" meant economic growth. But when certain segments of society remained poor despite economic prosperity, the notion of "inclusive growth" emerged to address inequality. Then it became clear that even inclusive growth would be meaningless if it irreparably damaged the environment in the
process.
As countries strive to balance their economic, social, and environmental priorities, they must understand unintended consequences of their policy choices and plan accordingly.
By seeking harmony between their priorities, countries can find the "sphere of sustainability" where it's possible to reduce poverty, end hunger, and tackle inequality, while sustaining the environment - leading them to sustainable development.
As countries strive to balance their economic, social, and environmental priorities, they must understand unintended consequences of their policy choices and plan accordingly.
By seeking harmony between their priorities, countries can find the "sphere of sustainability" where it's possible to reduce poverty, end hunger, and tackle inequality, while sustaining the environment - leading them to sustainable development.
Food loss and waste can be measured using the number of kilograms of food lost or wasted. But it also represents something economically, socially, and environmentally and we use the following simplified metrics in this game. The economic dimension is measured by the cost of lost or wasted food. The social dimension is the number of meals that could be fed with lost or wasted food. The environmental dimension is measured by the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents emitted from lost or wasted food.
Reducing food loss and waste will contribute to better sustainability for these three indicators. But overall sustainability is a much larger problem. In this game, the overall performance in sustainability is measured by GDP, jobs, food security, poverty, emissions, and biodiversity.
Reducing food loss and waste will contribute to better sustainability for these three indicators. But overall sustainability is a much larger problem. In this game, the overall performance in sustainability is measured by GDP, jobs, food security, poverty, emissions, and biodiversity.
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Sustainable Development Goals.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, conflict, and injustice. They are integrated into and balance the three dimensions of sustainability–economic, social, and environmental. The SDGs are at the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The Agenda is a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity now and into the future.
In this challenge, your score will be based on six indicators, each of which is closely tied to the SDGs. In the game, we will look at your outcomes in 2030 to align with this SDG landmark. You can read more about all 17 goals here.
They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, conflict, and injustice. They are integrated into and balance the three dimensions of sustainability–economic, social, and environmental. The SDGs are at the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The Agenda is a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity now and into the future.
In this challenge, your score will be based on six indicators, each of which is closely tied to the SDGs. In the game, we will look at your outcomes in 2030 to align with this SDG landmark. You can read more about all 17 goals here.
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Policies.
It’s estimated that one-third of food produced is either lost along the supply chain or is wasted at restaurants or in household kitchens.
Produce, dairy, meat, and fish go bad on their way to the market due to inadequate refrigerated transport and cold storage facilities. Since the carbon footprint accumulates as food moves across the supply chain, throwing away food is to waste the emissions created from growing, transporting, storing, processing, and distributing the food. Cutting food loss and waste means feeding more people with healthier diets, generating income for agri-food systems workers, all while conserving and protecting natural resources. Every food loss and waste reduction can help us reach the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
Policies like investing in supply chain infrastructure, reforming food subsidies that unintentionally lead to more food losses and waste, and informing the public to reduce food waste are some of the most efficient ways to cut food loss and waste.
Policies can be divided into three groups: infrastructure, institution, and behavior. One way to think about their relationship is as hardware, software, and user. Infrastructure policies serve as the hardware. Institution policies, the software. Behavior policies represent the user that actually puts the hardware and software to use.
Produce, dairy, meat, and fish go bad on their way to the market due to inadequate refrigerated transport and cold storage facilities. Since the carbon footprint accumulates as food moves across the supply chain, throwing away food is to waste the emissions created from growing, transporting, storing, processing, and distributing the food. Cutting food loss and waste means feeding more people with healthier diets, generating income for agri-food systems workers, all while conserving and protecting natural resources. Every food loss and waste reduction can help us reach the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
Policies like investing in supply chain infrastructure, reforming food subsidies that unintentionally lead to more food losses and waste, and informing the public to reduce food waste are some of the most efficient ways to cut food loss and waste.
Policies can be divided into three groups: infrastructure, institution, and behavior. One way to think about their relationship is as hardware, software, and user. Infrastructure policies serve as the hardware. Institution policies, the software. Behavior policies represent the user that actually puts the hardware and software to use.
Institutional Policies.
Political institutions are the bodies in a government. They create, enforce, and apply policies to address issues. For example, trade regulation can speed up trade and reduce food loss. Others deal with externalities, which means a secondary or unintended consequence. For example, a carbon tax puts a price on emissions, which could lead to more responsible consumption and less food waste.
Infrastructure Policies.
Globally, 14 percent of food is lost due to inefficiencies in food supply chains, including poor road conditions and inadequate storage facilities. Improving the transportation of food from farm to market would alleviate food loss. Building physical and organizational structures requires private and public investment and resource allocation.
Behavior Policies.
People must adopt new practices and technologies for behavior policies to be viable solutions. On the producer side, improved packaging, farm-level practices, and enhanced processing and packaging throughout the supply chain can reduce food loss. On the consumer side, responsible consumption can greatly reduce food waste. Changing behavior requires funding, training, and incentives over a long period of time, making the government’s role critical.
Institutional Policies.
Political institutions are the bodies in a government. They create, enforce, and apply policies to address issues. For example, trade regulation can speed up trade and reduce food loss. Others deal with externalities, which means a secondary or unintended consequence. For example, a carbon tax puts a price on emissions, which could lead to more responsible consumption and less food waste.
Infrastructure Policies.
Globally, 14 percent of food is lost due to inefficiencies in food supply chains, including poor road conditions and inadequate storage facilities. Improving the transportation of food from farm to market would alleviate food loss. Building physical and organizational structures requires private and public investment and resource allocation.
Behavior Policies.
People must adopt new practices and technologies for behavior policies to be viable solutions. On the producer side, improved packaging, farm-level practices, and enhanced processing and packaging throughout the supply chain can reduce food loss. On the consumer side, responsible consumption can greatly reduce food waste. Changing behavior requires funding, training, and incentives over a long period of time, making the government’s role critical.
