Methodology Used by INRA to Analyze Food Loss in Supply Chains
This document presents a common methodological framework developed by INRA to quantify and analyze food losses across four plant and six animal supply chains in France, addressing inclusion criteria, scope from harvest to retail, and aggregation challenges due to varying edible fractions.
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The chapter outlines the methodology of a transversal INRA study on food losses, defining food loss as products intended for human consumption but discarded or lost, except when recycled into animal feed. It specifies the study perimeter from harvest or removal through distribution, and includes ‘shortfalls’ in production relative to an optimum yield for comparison. Data collection and presentation methods are detailed, including strategies to aggregate losses across stages despite changes in edible fraction during processing. The framework is compared with European and international initiatives such as FUSIONS and the FLW Protocol to highlight harmonization and comparability issues.
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Información detallada sobre la contribución
- Proyecto
- Ubicación
- France
- Autores
- Barbara REDLINGSHÖFER
- Propósito
- Adopt innovative practices
- Tipo de fichero
- documento
- Creado el
- 01 dic 2015
- Lengua materna
- French
- Web oficial del proyecto
- Innovations agronomiques
- Licencia
- CC BY
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