Oelofse, Suzanna HHNahman, Anton2012-09-172012-09-172012-08Oelofse, SHH and Nahman, A. 2012. Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa. Waste Management and Research, doi: 10.1177/0734242X124571170734-242Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/6097Copyright: 2012 ISWA. This is the pre-print version of the work. The definitive version is published in Waste Management and Research, doi: 10.1177/0734242X12457117Throughout 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 wasted globally are constrained by limited data, particularly from developing countries. This paper attempts to quantify total food waste generation (including both pre-consumer food losses and post-consumer food waste) in South Africa. The estimates are based on available food supply data for South Africa and on estimates of average food waste generation at each step of the food supply chain for sub-Saharan Africa as reported in Gustavsson et al. (2011). The preliminary estimate of the magnitude of food loss and food waste generation in South Africa is in the order of 9.04 million tonnes per annum. On a per capita basis, overall food loss in South Africa in 2007 is estimated at 177 kg/capita/annum and consumption waste at 7 kg/capita/annum. However, these preliminary figures should be used with caution and are subject to verification through ongoing research.enFood wasteFood lossesFood securityFood supply chainOrganic wasteDeveloping countriesArticleOelofse, S. H., & Nahman, A. (2012). Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6097Oelofse, Suzanna HH, and Anton Nahman "Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6097Oelofse SH, Nahman A. Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6097.TY - Article AU - Oelofse, Suzanna HH AU - Nahman, Anton AB - Throughout 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 wasted globally are constrained by limited data, particularly from developing countries. This paper attempts to quantify total food waste generation (including both pre-consumer food losses and post-consumer food waste) in South Africa. The estimates are based on available food supply data for South Africa and on estimates of average food waste generation at each step of the food supply chain for sub-Saharan Africa as reported in Gustavsson et al. (2011). The preliminary estimate of the magnitude of food loss and food waste generation in South Africa is in the order of 9.04 million tonnes per annum. On a per capita basis, overall food loss in South Africa in 2007 is estimated at 177 kg/capita/annum and consumption waste at 7 kg/capita/annum. However, these preliminary figures should be used with caution and are subject to verification through ongoing research. DA - 2012-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Food waste KW - Food losses KW - Food security KW - Food supply chain KW - Organic waste KW - Developing countries LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 0734-242X T1 - Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa TI - Estimating the magnitude of food waste generated in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6097 ER -