The USA and the food losses` problem

Ovchinnikov, Oleg

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S207054760023478-2-

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10.18254/S207054760023478-2

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Oleg Ovchinnikov Send message

ORCID: 0000-0002-8957-5665

Occupation: Head of the Center of agrarian problems
Affiliation: Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

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The problem of food waste and loss is one of the most important components of the global food problem. Its relevance has been steadily growing in the last 2-3 decades, due to the huge (about 1 billion tons annually) volume of food waste and loss against the background of a number of other problems, in particular, the degradation of the main natural resources used in agricultural production, as well as the presence of a significant number of hungry and malnourished population. Along with the fact that a significant amount of food waste and loss is produced in the USA (about 100 million tons annually), the formation of a coherent system of measures to combat food losses has begun in the country. This article analyzes the accounting methods/principles, as well as the structure and sources of food losses in the world and the USA.

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Global food problem, food loss, food waste, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture, food loss control

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24.10.2022

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07.12.2022

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GOST	Ovchinnikov O. The USA and the food losses` problem // Russia and America in the 21st Century. – 2022. – Issue 6. URL: https://rusus.jes.su/s207054760023478-2-1/?version_id=97675. DOI: 10.18254/S207054760023478-2
MLA	Ovchinnikov, Oleg "The USA and the food losses` problem." Russia and America in the 21st Century. 6 (2022). DOI: 10.18254/S207054760023478-2
APA	Ovchinnikov O. (2022). The USA and the food losses` problem. Russia and America in the 21st Century. no. 6 DOI: 10.18254/S207054760023478-2

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