Doing More With Less: Cutting Food Loss and Waste in the EU and Its Impact on Food Security

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dc.contributor.authorPhilippidis, George
dc.contributor.authorde Jong, Beyhan
dc.contributor.authorM´barek, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBartelings, Heleen
dc.contributor.orcidPhilippidis, George [0000-0003-1727-2240]
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-22T07:33:25Z
dc.date.available2025-10-22T07:33:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-16
dc.date.updated2025-10-20T12:15:56Z
dc.description.abstractIn September 2025, the European Parliament and Council signed the law of the Revision of the EU waste framework directive, which includes also reductions for food loss and waste (FLW). This comes at a time of concern over the EU's strategic autonomy for its agrifood sector. Taking a cradle-to-grave approach, this paper combines official FLW statistics with recent advances in simulation modelling to quantify the impacts of two FLW cuts scenarios on EU food availability, affordability, and stability. Compared with a business-as-usual baseline, average EU household per capita food budget savings and self-sufficiency of up to €192 and 0.82%, respectively, are observed, accompanied by falling average EU food production of up to 2%. With the inclusion of FLW behavioural market adjustment costs (taxes), average EU food producer price falls of up to 1% are lower than reported in previous studies, whilst in a handful of member states, consumer food prices rise marginally. This hitherto unforeseen outcome is a signal for anticipating and ensuring adequately tailored social protection schemes for the most vulnerable.
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dc.identifier.citationPhilippidis, G., de Jong, B., M’barek, R., & Bartelings, H. (s. f.). Doing More With Less: Cutting Food Loss and Waste in the EU and Its Impact on Food Security. Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.70273
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/sd.70273
dc.identifier.issn1099-1719
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10532/7881
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.relationEste trabajo ha sido financiado por la Comisión Europea en virtud del contrato específico 935680.X28 «FoodWaste@MSs».
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainen
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.agrovocDesperdicio
dc.subject.agrovocPolítica alimentaria
dc.subject.agrovocSostenibilidad
dc.subject.agrovocSeguridad alimentaria
dc.subject.agrovocAprovechamiento del desecho
dc.subject.agrovocUnión Europea
dc.subject.agrovocModelo de simulación
dc.subject.sdgHambre cero
dc.subject.sdgProducción y consumo responsables
dc.subject.sdgAcción por el clima
dc.subject.sdgFin de la pobreza
dc.titleDoing More With Less: Cutting Food Loss and Waste in the EU and Its Impact on Food Security
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