In fact, in some places, the volume of food wastage is rising.

The Board could not obtain any information regarding the trends of wastage.

There is, however, no monitoring system and there are no norms of permissible wastage or spoilage.

Its wastage should be condemned and the encouragement of its productive usage must be a priority.

To avoid duplication and wastage, better coordination and cooperation were needed at headquarters and in the field.

For example, rejection of food products on the basis of aesthetic concerns is a major cause of wastage.

It is also aware, however, that costs would be incurred in storage maintenance, rotation and wastage through obsolescence.

The value of such quot natural wastage quot is not expected to rise significantly in the years to come.

The world confronts many seemingly intractable problems food wastage is one issue that we all can do something about now.

More precise information on the post vacancy rate in different grades and the natural staff wastage rate would be needed.

The Authority was also pursuing a project to reduce water wastage in the distribution system, estimated to be at 40 per cent.

For the more economically minded, here is another number food wastage and loss, expressed in producer prices, costs roughly 750 billion per year.

The figure is all the more unfathomable, given that, alongside this massive wastage and loss, 840 million people experience chronic hunger on a daily basis.

From any perspective ethical, economic, environmental, or in terms of food security we simply cannot tolerate the annual wastage of 1.3 billion tons of food.

It is deficit reduction, not debt, that is profligate, because it implies wastage of available human and physical capital, quite apart from the resulting misery.

Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy .

In paragraph 193, the Board recommended that UNICEF improve the quality of its supply and distribution planning in emergencies in the context of avoiding wastage.

In the background of the pressing need for effecting economies, monitoring and control of wastage spoilage of paper in the printing process assumes special significance.

These mechanisms facilitate a better management and coordination of development efforts within IGAD, thereby avoiding the wastage and overlapping of resources and leading to improved results.

When my parents visited the United States for the first time, I didn t hear the end of their shock at the excess they saw from the wastage of paper napkins and plastic cutlery at fast food restaurants to the average household s usage of cars and electricity.

Businesses and households alike should monitor where and how they waste food and take corrective steps, because prevention of wastage is even more important than recycling or composting.

In our view, the level of consumption and wastage in most industrialized countries also needs to be moderated if we are to achieve the goals of sustainable development.

Chenda also revealed that the Government was putting in place programs to build additional storage facilities as a long term measure to avoid wastage under the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).

The current energy infrastructure is unsustainable, vulnerable to natural disasters and woefully insufficient in many developing countries. Energy wastage during the course of production and transmission is a serious problem.

It is of concern to us that there has been so much wastage of resources over the years and that this has at times been approved by both donors and recipients.

Moreover, eliminating today s vast wastage of natural resources, which underpins exceptionally high levels of pollution, will require a reformed regulatory framework, including higher user prices for energy, raw materials, and environmental resources.

Nevertheless, beyond marketing, there is a need for conservation and processing of products in order to reduce wastage and provide food security during the period between harvests, particularly in the forest zone.

For starters, food loss and wastage needs to be seen as a cross cutting policy issue, rather than a lifestyle choice to be left in the hands of individual consumers and their consciences.

This and similar mechanisms should be used henceforth to enhance coordination between UNCTAD and the regional commissions, to avoid duplication and wastage of resources and rationalize fund raising for economic integration. INTEGRATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

In accordance with the guidelines established by the General Assembly, the Special Committee was able during the year to reduce the number of its formal meetings and to minimize the wastage resulting from cancellation of scheduled meetings.

(e) Europe and the NIS In this region, emphasis will be placed on industrial energy efficiency, since energy wastage is a particularly serious problem, with its roots in the highly subsidized energy prices of the planned economy era.

In the field, the experience of the last few years has demonstrated that effectiveness in responding to disasters and emergency situations is a corollary of coordination and centralization capable of harmonizing efforts, avoiding wastage of resources and improvisation.

122. The UNDP ILO programme has also revealed a need for better planning and coordination in the services of aid agencies to non governmental organizations to avoid or reduce duplication of services and wastage of human and material resources.

This is why serious reduction of food loss and wastage is one of the five elements of UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon s Zero Hunger Challenge and a major focus of the UN High Level Task Force on Global Food Security.

109. In accordance with the guidelines established by the General Assembly, the Special Committee was able during the year to reduce to a minimum the number of its formal meetings and to minimize the wastage resulting from cancellation of scheduled meetings.

The Board urged that steps should be taken on a priority basis for the correct assessment of the refugee population so that the programme could benefit only the target group and that there may be no wastage or leakage of resources.

OTTAWA One quarter of all the food in the world is lost each year, owing to inefficient harvesting, inadequate storage, and wastage in the kitchen. Halve that waste, and the world could feed an extra billion people and make hunger yesterday s problem.

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There was also no effective monitoring and control of the wastage spoilage of paper in the in house printing process, which is admittedly higher than the industry averages and there appeared to be considerable over production of publications resulting sometimes in a high disposal rate.

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