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Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain (2013-2018)

Based on the UN’s research, roughly one-third of the edible parts of food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted globally, which is about 1.3 billion ton per year. Therefore, it is of vital importance to strengthen partnership among public and private sectors of APEC economies in developing policy recommendations and solutions on reducing post-harvest losses and waste, as well as enhancing food quality and safety, so as to contribute to food security in the Asia-Pacific region.
The project was proposed by Chinese Taipei with the aims to address post-harvest losses in all stages of the entire food supply chain in the APEC region by strengthening public-private partnership. This project was designed to be implemented in three phases within five years (2013-2017).