Food Waste In India

 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that more than 40 per cent of food produced is wasted in India, and its costs could be as high as US$14 billion (12.42 billion euro) every year.








-How much food is wasted in India per year?

Indian households accounted for 7.4% of the entire 931 million tonnes of food wasted in the world in 2019. Globally, a household on average wasted 74 kg food each year. In India, it was lower at 50 kg per household (68.8 million tonnes a year).

-How much food is wasted daily in India?

Every year in India, about 67 million tonnes of food is wasted, which has been estimated to be around of Rs 92,000 crores. In other words, this amount is adequate to feed all of Bihar for a year. Nearly 21 million metric tons of wheat is found to rot in India per year.


Food Waste In India 2020

While India ranked 94th of the 107 countries on the global hunger index in 2020, a whopping US $ 14 billion worth of food products are wasted annually in India. Note: This is the third article in the three-part series on losses in India's food supply chain. The other parts can be read here and here.


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