If only half of this waste can be prevented, 15 crore people can eat; about one-third of the food produced is getting wasted

Almost one-third of the world's food, destined for human consumption, is wasted. If the wastage is merely stopped to the extent of 50 percent, then about 15 crore people could be fed with it.

Long before that, when food is wasted, land, water, energy, and other inputs used to produce, process, transport, prepare, store, and dispose of the food are also wasted. In this way, this also leads to huge greenhouse gas emissions, which have been leading to climate change. A report jointly made by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported that reducing food waste by half can bring down greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector by four percent. This report stated that we must understand that we should not waste resources like this because every morsel we waste could help fill someone else's stomach.

The biggest problem is that in most of the houses, food is being wasted from the rural to the urban areas, although, in some instances, this wastage seems to be more predominant in rural areas.

Surprisingly, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 600 million persons will be forced to welcome hunger by 2030. With this, eradicating food waste and loss will avail food to extra populations globally, which will have enough to eat. Very high food availability will thus be realized at more favorable prices.

The report gives the impression that fruits, grains, and vegetables constitute nearly half, if not more, of the trash between 2021 and 2023. The spoilage of fruits and vegetables in homes is very much a common sight in India. In the United States, food worth one-third is left over uneaten. The report says that this waste is swept into landfills, combustion facilities, or sewer systems—for about 96% of the food wasted in homes in the year 2019. Only the remaining food was converted into compost. Food availability will increase by 10%. With a 2030 objective of halving food losses, "ordinary" people in food-insecure vanguard countries will see food availability increase by 10%; individuals in low and middle-income countries will see an increase in 6% more food; in upper-middle-income countries, more food by 4%. Specific standards have been decided by the United Nations to slash food per head wastage by 50% at the dawn of 2030.