METHODOLOGICAL BARRIERS OF MONITORING AND RESEARCH OF FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE (FLW)
METHODOLOGICAL BARRIERS OF MONITORING AND RESEARCH OF FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE (FLW)
Author(s): Karol Krajewski, Mikołaj Niedek, Sylwia Łaba, Krystian Szczepański, Bolesław BorkowskiSubject(s): Micro-Economics, Agriculture, Methodology and research technology, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: food losses and waste; food waste; quantitative methods; food chain; life cycle analysis (LCA);
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the paper is to perform a review and analysis of the methods and approaches to the problem of quantitative determination of the level of generating the food losses and waste in the food chain in the context of the application of quantitative methods for measurement of food waste generation. In the article, there have been reported the key needs, conditions and problems connected with the quantitative measurement of the food waste and the results of the key studies in this respect, including the definition problems and the results of big research projects, undertaken on a global level by FAO and on the level of the EU. The methods of quantitative determination and assessment of the food waste, including the life cycle analysis (LCA) have been presented. The application of the mentioned method allows satisfying the aims connected with the monitoring of a flow of the resources throughout the whole agri-food chain for the needs 27 of creating a circular economy.
Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
- Issue Year: XX/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 20-34
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English