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Table 1 Annual food loss and waste per region in 2007[1, 2]

From: Valorisation of food waste in biotechnological processes

 

Food loss and waste (tonnes × 106)

Industrialised Asia*

357

South & Southeast Asia

275

Europe

205

Sub-Saharan Africa

127

Latin America

126

North America and Oceania

108

North Africa, Western & Central Asia

97

World

1,295

  1. *Japan, China and Republic of Korea.