House of Lords written question – answered am ar 14 Mawrth 2013.
Lord Teverson
Chair, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs, Chair, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the United Nations process to adopt a post-2015 development agenda, what plans they have to support the creation of a goal covering the issue of food waste and loss.
Baroness Northover
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Department for International Development)
Using natural resources more efficiently and sustainably and addressing hunger are important issues in the post-2015 development agenda. Discussions are ongoing on what specific goals should make up the new framework.
DfID and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are working internationally with the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation to address the unacceptably high (30-50%) levels of food wastage globally.
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