Author:Nahman, Anton; De Lange, Willem JDate:Nov 2013In a previous paper (Nahman et al., 2012), the authors estimated the costs of household food waste in South Africa, based on the market value of the wasted food, as well as the costs of disposal to landfill. In this paper, we extend the ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; De Lange, Willem JDate:Sep 2013We estimate the costs of food waste throughout the entire food value chain, from agricultural production through to consumption at the household level, in economic terms. First, food waste at each stage of the value chain was quantified in ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; De Lange, Willem J; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Nov 2012Food waste is problematic for a number of reasons, including the loss of a potentially valuable food source or resource for use in other processes (e.g. energy generation or composting), wasted resources and emissions in the food supply chain, ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Nahman, AntonDate:Aug 2012Throughout the developed world, food is treated as a disposable commodity. Between one third and half of all food produced for human consumption globally is estimated to be wasted. However, attempts to quantify the actual magnitude of food ...Read more
Author:Matinise, Sihle N; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Polasi, Letlotlo TDate:Feb 2021Food waste is recognised as one of the major environmental issues, globally. With a growing burden of global food insecurity coupled with economic and environmental impacts, food waste prevention has become a paramount consideration to achieve ...Read more