Did you know that over 800 million people go hungry every day, while nearly 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually? That’s enough to feed the world’s hungry population four times over. In Southeast Asia, where the population is projected to grow by 12% by 2035, addressing food waste is not just important—it’s urgent. South and Southeast Asia accounts for 25% of the global food waste and more than 50% of Southeast Asia’s waste is food waste.
The webinar aims to highlight the extent of losses and waste in food production throughout the entire value-chain and understand at which stage of the value chain they occur. It showcases how the Danish food system tackles food loss & waste and secures high food safety & quality by collaborative strategies, and it introduces to concrete cases and ways to meet the challenge that may inspire viewers in Southeast Asia.
Speakers
The webinar will bring together experts who are making a difference:
- Strategic Sector Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Sanne Høj Andrén, Sector Counsellor, Food and Agriculture, Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and Hans Ebbensgaard Murillo, Minister Counsellor, Food and Agriculture, Embassy of Denmark in Indonesia
- Danish Think Tank on Prevention of Food Loss and Food Waste, Emilie Mille Müller, Secretarial Employee, ONE\THIRD
- Danish private initiative which redistributes surplus food to people in need, Vår Thim Trolle Hansen, Operations Coordinator, Danish Food Bank (Fødevarebanken)
- Danish dairy cooperative, Charlotte Sørensen, Business Development Manager, Arla Foods Ingredients