Zero Waste in the Mediterranean
Zero Waste in the Mediterranean

The 2016 FAO-CIHEAM joint edition of Mediterra offers an innovative and prospective approach on the issues of triple waste reduction including agricultural losses, waste of natural resources and waste of knowledge and knowhow. This Report features a collection of shared expertise and local experiences in the Mediterranean region. It provides the keys to understanding and presents solutions for action targeting policy-makers, development operators, professionals and researchers.
Agriculture and food security are two major global challenges. Situated at the heart of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they raise several strategic issues for countries and international cooperation. ‘Produce more and better’, such is the equation to help address the challenges related to population growth, changing consumption patterns and scarcity of natural and financial resources. In this context, the reduction of agricultural losses and food waste has become a priority.
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Foreword by J. Graziano da Silva, FAO Director General and C. Lacirignola, CIHEAM Secretary General
Introduction
Natural resources in the Mediterranean
Chapter 1: Global perspective of natural resources
Chapter 2: Management of living marine resources
Chapter 3: Management of water resources
Chapter 4: Sustainable development of land resources
Chapter 5: Forests: facing the challenges of global change
Chapter 6: Plant and animal resources diversity
Chapter 7: Energy and agri-food system: production and consumption
Chapter 8: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in the Mediterranean
Food losses and waste
Chapter 9: Food losses and waste: global overview from a Mediterranean perspective
Chapter 10: The Mediterranean diet: a sustainable consumption pattern
Chapter 11: Innovative postharvest technologies for sustainable value chain
Chapter 12: Innovation for the reduction of food losses and waste
Chapter 13: Consumer behaviour with respect to food losses and waste
Knowledge and knowhow
Chapter 14: Waste of knowledge and human resources
Chapter 15: Saving traditional knowhow in agriculture
Chapter 16: Family farming to bolster human knowhow and resources
Chapter 17: Enhancing knowledge for food security
CAPMED & SDG
