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2015/ATCWG/016 Agenda Item: 7

Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain in Asia-Pacific

Region

Purpose: Information Submitted by: Chinese Taipei

19th Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group Meeting

Iloilo, Philippines28-29 September 2015

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Ching-Cheng ChangInstitute of Economics, Academia Sinica

Chinese Taipei

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Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain

in the Asia-Pacific Region

Agriculture Technical Cooperation Working Group MeetingIloilo, The Philippines,  Sept 28‐29, 2015

(APEC/ PPFS & ATCWG Multi‐Year Project M SCE 02 2013A)

Outline

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Progress (2013-Sept. 2015) Challenges and Project Overview

Loss Assessment Methodologies and Outputs Public-Private Partnership

Knowledge-Sharing

Future Plan Loss Assessment Partnership Improvements

Action Plan: 2015-2016 After Iloilo

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Food Loss Challenges for Asia-Pacific

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Reducing food loss and waste is an urgent issue About one‐third of edible parts of food produced for human 

consumption, which is about 1.3 billion tons per year, gets lost 

or wasted (FAO, Global Food Loss and Food Waste, by 

Gustavasson, et al., 2011)

The value of food lost or wasted annually at the global level is 

estimated at US$ 1 trillion (FAO, Global Initiative on Food Loss 

and Waste Reduction, 2014)

In developing economies, more than 40% of food losses occur 

after harvesting or during processing (FAO, 2011).

Food Loss Challenges for Asia-Pacific

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QUESTIONs How to reduce food loss and waste effectively?

ANSWER:

Substantial reductions in food loss require a mixture of public and private‐sector approaches in

Loss Estimation: Definition, Quantify the “quality” aspect, under or over‐estimate?

Concrete actions: Technical issue, Sanitary issue, Cost/Benefit, Rapid Changes in Consumption Patterns

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APEC Multi-Year Project

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3 Purposes

Identify key issues on reducing food losses and wastes

Seek best practices in private and public sectors 

Find practical solutions and enhance capacity‐building

Work Plan (2013‐2016):

2013

• Preparation, Research, and Identification• Launch Focal Point Network (FPN), identify key issues, research methodologies

2014/15

• Investigation of Food Losses and Waste• Modify methodology with FPN/other feedback, launch annual seminars, gather data

2015/16

• Action and Inter-linkages• Hold high-level meeting for policy dialogue, produce/share policy recommendations

Definition & Scope

Overall

FAO (Gustavsson et

al , 2011)

USDA (Buzbyet al, 2014):

By Sector

Small-Scale Fishery (Diei-

Ouadi and Mgawe, 2011)

Livestock (Jayathilakanet al., 2012)

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Assessment Methodology

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Model of FAO (Gustavsson et al , 2011)

5 Activity : • agricultural production; • handling and storage; • processing and

packaging; • distribution; and • consumption.

7 Commodity :• cereals; • roots and tubers; • fruit and vegetables; • oilseeds and pulses; • meat; • fish and seafood; • milk; and • eggs

8 Regions:• Europe, • North America & Oceania, • Industrial Asia, • Subsahara Africa, • North Africa, • West & Central Asia, • South & Southeast Asia, • Latin America.

Structure of Assessment Model

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• Model for Cereal & F&V

• Model for Fish & Livestock

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Preliminary Assessment Results –Fishery and Livestock

Losses

(mill MT)

Production

(mill MT)

% Loss in Total

Production

Meat 11.44 168.58 6.78%

Fish 17.43 109.83 15.87%

Egg 6.10 47.04 12.96%

Dairy 18.97 225.69 8.40%9

Toolkits

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Dairy Cool Chain Refrigerated transport Rapid and efficient drying Separation of milk to provide ingredients for high value

products such as infant formula and ingredients.

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Public-Private Partnerships

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Public‐Private Partnerships greatly improve data quality

Engagement and building trust in key stakeholders for food production and loss reduction mitigates improper reporting of data

Partnerships produce applicable best practices and case studies Select case studies include: kiwi marketing by Zespri, banana pre‐harvest improvement in the Philippines, and mango best practices in Chinese Taipei

Partnerships create favorable business environment and develop market‐oriented structures for food export and import. Establish high value-added food value chains by improving postharvest

centers and cold chains with advanced technologies such as dry & cold weather farming, irrigation, ICT, plant factories and quality control system.

Partnerships makes policy, knowledge‐sharing, and enforcement/compliance more effective

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Knowledge-Sharing Activities: Seminars in 2013-2014

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Key Findings on Food Security

Public-Private Partnership

Agenda

Knowledge-Sharing Activities: APEC 2015 Expert Consultation on Assessment Methodology of

Fishery and Livestock Losses, Taipei, July 16-17, 2014

Expert Invited

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• 7 invited experts• 4 fora :ATCWG+PPFS+ABAC+OFWG• 14 Member Economies delegates

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3rd APEC Seminar on Fishery and Livestock Supply Chain

Iloilo, 27 September, 2015

Strengthening public-private partnership to reduce food losses in the supply chain of Fishery and Livestock

Identify practical solutions to enhance capacity-building of reducing food losses in the supply chain of Fishery and Livestock

Challenges and innovative technologies on reducing food losses in the supply chain of Fishery and Livestock

AGENDA

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09:30‐10:00 Session 1: Keynote SpeechFood Loss and Waste : A Whole‐Of‐Chain Systems Approach With Economic GainDr. Ian Ferguson, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

10:20‐12:20 Session 2: Case Studies on Innovative Technologies and Best Practices of Public‐Private Partnerships 7 speakers: Japan, New Zealand, The Philippines, Chinese Taipei

13:30‐15:40

Session 3: Breakout SessionsModerator: Ian Ferguson and Ching‐Cheng Chang

1. Progress Brief on Food Losses and Waste Assessment Presenter: Dr. Ching‐Cheng Chang, Chinese Taipei

2. Outcome of the APEC food Security Training Workshop in BeijingPresenter: Prof. Nie Feng‐Ying, Peoples Rep of China

3. Group Discussions 1. Topic: “Key Challenges in your economy”2. Topic: “Key opportunities in your economy” 3. Topic: “Next Steps: Possible Solutions and Policy ‐ Toolkits”

16:00‐18:00 Session 3 (Continued)1. Report summary: From 3 groups (10 min each)2. Whole group discussion: Similarities, differences and results 3. Outcome: Policy statement and recommendations 

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Outcome & Highlights of 2015 Seminar

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80 participants from 15 APEC economies Strengthening PPP Loss assessment: More fine-tuned definition and data Loss Reduction:, capacity building, infrastructural investment on energy-

saving cold chain Recognize the diversified needs: Fundamental principles are for general

use, but customization by member economies is essential Need to develop systematic approach so that food loss can be reduced

by increase in R&D, food price and market size Provide economic incentive and adaptation mechanism for facilitating

technology adoption and market access Keynote & Invited speakers for case study Breakout session on three topics Challenges and opportunities in loss assessment Challenges and opportunities in loss reduction Next steps: toolkits and policy

Policy Recommendations

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1. Recognize and acknowledge the impact of food loss across the supply chain and the need for APEC economies to cooperate and address this as a critical challenge confronting the region;

2. Support investigation into the multi-dimensional aspects of food loss including: genetics, production, food safety, postharvest quality, logistic process, infrastructure improvement, consumer behaviours;

3. Encourage capability development and the use of best practice business models, across all aspects of food loss in the supply chain;

4. Foster communication and awareness among smallholders, business groups, researchers, decision makers, and the public for further collaborations in

food loss assessment methodologies toolkit development and for working in a wide variety of trade and sustainable development

related policy issues.

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Next Step: Data Collection, Analysis

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Database Construction1. Technical team to collect existing technologies, data, and best

practices via survey2. identify the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve the

policy objective of food security in the region

Next Step: Knowledge and Data Sharing

APIP-PHLOWS Open Data As a Knowledge Bank

Key features Loss estimates Toolkits Best practices

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Future Plan:Loss Assessment and PPP

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Loss assessment Improvement Initial purpose of food Domestic or Foreign Market? Direct consumption or Processing use?

Edible or Non‐edible Portion Standards

Best Practices of PPP Establish a food loss reduction program Prevention Farm level (Pruning, Bagging, Netting, Residue…) Mitigation  Retail level (Refrigeration, Information, Safety Standard,…)

Main issues What are the hidden costs? KPI/metrics needed to make informed decisions  Supporting mechanism for policy formation

Next Steps, 2015-16 after Iloilo

2015 Technical Team: conduct survey and produce final report on fishery & livestock

2016 4th APEC seminar in Peru Retail and Consumption Waste

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1• Share knowledge and findings from survey analysis with APEC• Cooperate to create policy recommendations

2• Distribute policy recommendations and monitoring• Maintain contact, network, and knowledge-sharing