The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry

ISBN-13: 9781032085166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 336 str.

Travis Minor; Suzanne Thornsbury; Ashok K. Mishra

Opis

Food loss is a serious issue in the United States. It affects all aspects of the supply chain, from farmers to consumers. The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry is an essential text which focuses on the economics of food loss as they apply to on-farm produce production, and the losses that are experienced early.

Spis treści

Section I  1 Introduction to food loss in the produce industry  2 Loss and waste: are we really measuring a problem?  3 Existing efforts in measuring and modeling early value-chain food losses  4 Economic trade-offs in food loss policies  5 Empirical modeling of food loss in the produce sector  Section II  6 USDA and EPA estimation methods for food loss and waste in the United States  7 Food loss in Canada  8 Measuring food losses at the national and subnational levels: FAO’s methodology for monitoring Sustainable Development Goals  9 Food loss on the farm: lessons learned from conversations with produce growers  Section III  10 Tomato tales: comparing loss-reduction drivers and opportunities across U.S. fresh tomato supply chains  11 Case study on processing tomatoes  12 Case study on food loss in fresh potatoes  13 Strawberries: food loss and loss prevention opportunities  14 Understanding food loss in romaine lettuce  15 Peaches  Section IV  16 Market price volatility and food loss at the farm level   17 The evolving role of labor availability in production decisions and food loss  18 The role of technology along the supply chain in mitigating food loss  19 Contracting and quality standards in fresh produce markets and how they impact food loss  20 From gleaning to for-profits: efforts to mitigate food loss and feed people  21 The role of policy in addressing food loss  22 Food loss as a wicked problem

O autorze

Travis Minor is Cross-Commodity Analyst for Specialty Crops in the Crops Branch of the Market and Trade Economics Division of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

Suzanne Thornsbury is Chief of the Crops Branch in the Market and Trade Economics Division of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

Ashok K. Mishra is Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Chair in Food Management, Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business, at the Arizona State University, USA.