The region imports upwards of 80 percent of food products. Saudi Arabia, however, is one of the largest producers of its own ...

Around 19 percent of food is wasted globally as 783 million people face chronic hunger, UN says Besides leaving people hungry, food waste means needless greenhouse gas emissions and amounts to a ...

FAO estimates from 2011 suggest that as much as 37 percent of food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa is lost between production and consumption. Estimates for cereals are 20.5 percent. For post-harvest ...