Brussels Development Briefings

On June 26th, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “Addressing Food Waste in Times of Crisis” with the the European Commission (DG DEVCO) the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners.

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• Policy Brief: Going to waste: missed opportunities in the battle to improve food security
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Video documentation

On this page, you can find the video documentation of all the speeches that were given at the conference. Simply click here to display the videos. In the next interface, you will be able to navigate to the speaker of your choice (cf. list of speakers on this page). You can also watch the video interviews that we conducted with the different speakers, and download their PowerPoint Presentations from this page.

Introductory remarks:

• Denis Salord, Head of Unit, Regional Programmes Sub-Saharan Africa and ACP wide, European Commission
• Michael Hailu, Director of CTA

Panel 1: Causes and Extent of Food Losses
Chair:Ishamel Sunga,  Director General, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Panellists:

• Food losses, food waste: a global perspective [Power Point] [Executive Summary]
  Robert Van Otterdijk, Agro-Industry Officer, Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division, FAO
• Why do we throw away vast amounts of food and what should we do about it? [Power Point]
  Tristram Stuart, Writer and activist, United Kingdom
• Overview of the Grain Postharvest Losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa [Power Point] [Executive Summary]
  John Orchard, Director of Research, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
•  Building successful business partnerships to reduce waste [Power Point] [Executive Summary]
  Andy Dawe, Head of Food and Drink, Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), United Kingdom

Panel 2: Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Food Waste
Chair: H.E. Brave Ndisale. Ambassador of Malawi
Panellists:

•  Preventing food wastage and optimizing the use of agrofood materials: a European approach [Power Point]
  Toine Timmermans, Programme Manager Sustainable Food Chains, WUR, The Netherlands
• Transforming Food Waste into a Resource [Power Point] [Executive Summary]
  Andrea Segrè, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Bologna, President of Last Minute Market, Italy; and Silvia Gaiani, Research Fellow, University of Bologna
• Addressing Post-harvest losses: perspectives from the farmers [ Power Point]
  Onya Akonopeesa, Farmer Leader and Board Member of Uganda National Farmers Federation
• What solutions are there for losses in the horticulture sector? [Power Point]
  Stephen Mbithi, Chief Executive Officer, Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) and Coordinating CEO of the Horticulture Council of Africa (HCA)