progress and challenges for the prevention of food losses and wastes
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PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE PREVENTION OF
FOOD LOSSES AND WASTES
FLW 2 ND REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Murillo Freire JuniorBrazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
BRAZIL
2015
Governance and Alliances Axis
• We are issuing technical notes to improve someamendments of the Brazilian Federal Chamber andFederal Senate: Senate Bill Nº738/2015 and HouseBill Nº3070/2015;
• In order to regulate food donation another sevenbills were introduced in 2015: Chamber Bill1748/2015; 1788/2015; 2131/2015; 2352/2015;2194/2015; 2574/2015 and 2775/2015 .
2015
Research and Technology Axis
• Online participation on the course "Global PostharvestLoss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, andActors" organized by the University of Illinois and theADM Institute (February);
• In the second edition of the same course (June), Ibecame an assistant professor with the orientation ofnew students;
• Participation in the First International Congress onPrevention of Post-harvest Loss, held in Rome (October)with a presentation of work on losses in the bananachain.
2015
Research and Technology Axis
• Participation in a Consultative Workshop entitled:"Defining an e-learning curriculum on PostharvestFood Loss Assessment" Organized by FAO - held atthe World Food Program (WFP) headquarters onOctober, Rome, Italy;
• The Workshop was jointly organized by theAgroindustries Division and the Office ofDevelopment of Associations of Defense andCapacity of Rural Infrastructure.
2015
Communication and Dissemination Axis
Embrapa organized and carried out three seminars tobroaden the discussion on reducing losses and waste:
• Food and Nutrition Security: route, research andperspectives (April 10);• Loss and waste reduction and Food and NutritionSecurity (April 30);• Food and Nutrition Security Risk (June 12).
2015
Communication and Dissemination Axis
• Roundtable conference at the 5th Congress on Foodand Nutrition Security Council linked to the Ministryof Social Development (CONSEA); Conferenceuntitled Food Losses and Waste in Brazil: AnAgenda for Government and Society. Seminar heldat Brasília/DF with discussion board of Embrapa,FAO - Brazil and University of Campinas/SP.
2016
Governance and Alliances Axis
• Participation in a public hearing of the Committee onAgriculture and Agrarian Reform of the Federal Senatein Brasília/DF ( June 16) to discuss the establishment ofa National Policy to Combat Food Waste.
• The public hearing, which was requested by thecommittee's president, Senator Ana Amélia (PP-RS) andSenator Lasier Martins (PDT-RS), was the last of threemeetings to instruct the Senate Bill Nº 672, Nº 675 andNº 738/2015.
2016
Governance and Alliances Axis
It was schedule The First Meeting of the Secretariat of Support for the National Committee to Combat Food Losses and Waste.Date: Nov 28;
• Discussion about the formation of a Brazilian Network for the Reduction of FLW and a National Committee for Reduction of FLW;
• Organization of activities to be developed, responsibilities and schedule for implementation.
2016
Governance and Alliances AxisThe First Meeting of the Secretariat of Support for the National Committee to Combat Food Losses and Waste.
Participants:
• Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security and International Assistance of the Ministry of Social an Agrarian Development (MDSA) – Kathleen Oliveira Machado;
• Representatives of the Save Food Brazil Network;
• Food Losses and Waste Focal Points of the FAO Representation in Brazil ( Alan Bojanic; Gustavo Chianca and Juliana Rosseto);
• Focal Points of the FAO Representation in Latin America and Caribbean was invited (Tania Santivanez).
2016
Research and Technology Axis
• Elaboration and submission of a research and transferproposal of project presented at EMBRAPA/DF toreduce losses in the Banana chain in Acre/AC.
• Embrapa/DF has created an arrangement for projectson the thematic line "Value Aggregation" where projectproposals can be submitted in the subject of food lossesand waste.
• My research center Embrapa Agroindústria deAlimentos defined as a highlight for the year actions onfood losses and wastes.
2016
Communication and Dissemination Axis
Presented lectures:
• Sustainability and Food Seminar: The Road to Reducing Waste.(March 15 - Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro).
The event addressed the optimization of processes in the food value chain and how sustainable practices can be inserted in this context.
• Panel: Agriculture: Good practices in planting, harvesting, transportation and storage of food.
Lecture held at the Business Forum of Agribusiness (May 04 – FIRJAN - Industries Federation of the state of Rio de Janeiro) entitled "Main aspects for Reduction of food losses and waste in Brazil ".
2016
Communication and Dissemination Axis
Presented lectures:
• Lecture held at the event organized by the Swiss House in virtue of the Olympic Games, entitled Food Safety Conference held on Set. 15.
• Creation the web site Save Food Brasil (May)
www.savefoodbrasil.org
www.savefoodbrasil.com.br
2016
Communication and Dissemination Axis
Main journalistic matters:
• Interview for Active Life Magazine - Mar / Abr / May 2016 - Year 3 - Nº 6;
• Interview for TV ALERJ on 03/15/2016;
• Interview for the Brazilian Problems Magazine Nº 434 - March / April 2016;
• Journalism matter in the Electronic Clipping Embrapa (March 24);
• Reporting Paths for TV Brasil, on food waste in Brazil and in the world (June 15).
• Interview recording for the TV Program Connection Science at the Brazilian Communication Company / EBC in Brasília (Oct 06) on Food Losses and Waste in Brazil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJvGvgpSra;
2016
Communication and Dissemination Axis
• Creating a thematic page on the Embrapa website: https://www.embrapa.br/tema-perdas-e-desperdicio-de-alimentos;
• On October 20, launched as part of the World Food Day, Embrapa, WWF-Brazil and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO - Brazil) initiated the digital action "Waste Mania" through the hashtag #MinhaGastromania.
2017
• Invitation to join the 3rd SAVE FOOD Congress in Düsseldorf on the 4th of May 2017 and take the opportunity to sit down together and discuss further collaboration.
Mrs. Isabel Chanteaux,Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Stockumer Kirchstr. 61 40474 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.save-food.org
www.messe-dusseldorf.de
