RT null T1 Food Waste Index: Update A2 O'Connor, Clementine K1 food production K1 food processing K1 food waste K1 food loss K1 Food Waste YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33182 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33182 NO Food losses are all the crop and livestock human edible commodity quantities that, directly or indirectly, completely exit the post harvest/slaughter production/supply chain by being discarded, incinerated or otherwise, and do not re enter in any other utilization (such as animal feed, industrial use, etc.), up to, and excluding, the retail level. Losses that occur during storage, transportation and processing, also of imported quantities, are therefore all included. Losses include the commodity as a whole with its non edible parts. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026