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Costa Rica´s link to SAVE FOOD • Tecnológico de Costa Rica attended the 2013 SAVE FOOD Partnership Event Global • Agribusiness School subscribed to the 10YFP Sustainable Food Systems, jointly with the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment • Case Presentation at the LAC Experts Regional Event during the FLW Consultation, becoming part of the LAC Network • Conformation of Costa Rican FLW Network-voluntary (no investment National needed at this point, just the will to engage) 2
Food Losses and Food Security and Nutrition (F (FSN) • Costa Rica, as part of the LAC Region, managed to fulfill the Millennium goals in terms of FSN • Currently, there is a very positive environment towards FLW reduction, as one of the strategic guidelines for the CELAC Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and the Eradication of Hunger 2025, approved by the III CELAC Summit in San José - Costa Rica 3
Food Losses and Food Security and Nutrition • The FLW Network has become a key provider in the first steps towards the creation of an Inter- institutional Articulation proposal for a FSN Bill • Joint efforts from Network’s parties are key to approach the vision of relevant stakeholders on the food supply chain (around 20 members) 4
OUR GOAL: Sustainability of farmers (families), Address their needs and processors, aspirations in terms of whosalers/retailers food loss/reduction and achievement of FSN, within an enterpreneurial FOOD scope and a social- SECURITY AND environmental NUTRITION responsibility framework: 5
Therefore, , our actions: • Capacity building, academic approach, awareness and empowerment activities • Knowledge enhancement and engagement: the school engages with trade chambers, PITTA groups, Ministry initiatives, local governments proposals, etc. • Research and Extension projects with both public funding (TEC-FEES-FITTACORI) and private support (FUNDATEC), which turn into technology transference and adoption 6
TARGET AREAS FARMERS TRADERS DISTRIBUTORS CONSUMERS AGRO-PROCESSORS (sometimes) (WHOLESALE (INTERMEDIATE AND/OR RETAIL) AND/OR FINAL 7
CASE 1: : RAMBUTAN Outcomes: Rambutan yogurt and ice- Intervention: cream base is processed Use of Technology (cold Background : and sold together with chain) improved shelf dairy products. The once Fruit size and life for local market discarded is now used in a color defects Agro-industrial different and nutritious generated products were way, and also providing discards (around developed for the less extra income to farmers 20% of yields) or appealing fruits very low prices 8 Source: Gamboa-Murillo, M. Escuela de Agronegocios-TEC, 2014
CASE 2: : TOMATO Outcomes Discarded tomato due Intervention: to size or esthetics can Agricultural authorities are be used in some agro- Background: working on seed breeding industrial products 46% less yield in for improved disease Assessing this may open field vrs tolerance. save around 0,5% of green house TEC, PRIICA and INTA are harvest, which today is production. promoting value adding, thrown away Preliminary new agro-industrial studies register products and technology about 6% losses in transference selection and 2% in distribution Source: Campos, L., Brenes, L., Gamboa, M., Díaz, R., Robles. C. TEC-VIE, 2012-2013 9 Jimenez-Morales, M., Gamboa-Murillo, M. & Brenes-Peralta, L TEC-FITTACORI 2013-2014
CASE 3: : NATIVE TERRITORIES Outcomes: Excessive grain breaking has decreased Intervention: significantly TEC´s proposals promote Other selected varieties insertion of basic Background of plants have been technology, agricultural Certain situations and brought to the practices that include tendencies in these territory, improving biological pest control places seem to affect FSN without affecting methods and biodynamic sustainability and their ancient diets farming, as well as cocoa possibilities to sell processing training, in full Sales of organic cocoa surplus production in respect with the local are about to begin local markets cosmovision 10 Source: Salazar-Díaz, R., Escuela de Agronegocios-TEC. 2015
CASE 4: : VEGETABLES, SOUTHERN REGION Outcomes: 4 target groups of farmers are expected to sign a Interventions contract with local elementary schools in FAO CR began promoting February 2016. vegetable farming through Background : “ casas sombra ” (shadow This will increase the Costa Rica´s houses). farmers income, less Southern Region vegetable will be lost due to A group of students from TEC shows one of the incorrect planning and engaged into supply studies lowest regional FSN will improve as (quality and quantity). development scores schools will include local Preliminary results supported within the Country grown vegetables in the new research that combines kids meals market exploration and production planning 11 Source: Brenes-Peralta, L. & Gamboa-Murillo, M., Escuela de Agronegocios-TEC. 2015
CASE 5: : COOPERATIVE SCOPE Outcome: Cooperative established and Intervention: waiting for already TEC engaged with the approved kickoff community through agro- funding Background : processing development and Agro-industrial “ Guayabita del Perú ” extension. Marmalades and facilities under ( Psidium cattleianum) other agroindustrial design is a tropical, highly products were developed perishable and and a cooperative was delicate fruit whose established together with yields were lost agribusiness and marketing capacity building 12 Source: Monge-González, M. Escuela de Agronegocios-TEC. 2015
AWARENESS ACT CTIONS • DISCO SOUP: • never done before in Costa Rica. A powerful tool to raise awareness • Dozens people attended the activity at TEC Campus 11 days ago, received data on food waste and ideas to avoid it Picture by Silvio Palladino 13
Picture by Silvio Palladino Picture by Silvio Palladino 14 Picture by Silvio Palladino
AWARENESS ACT CTIONS • MEASUREMENT AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES: • A rent-a-car company took some of the Network´s suggestions, innovated by calling in a Nutritioner into their team and reduced 2/3 of food waste in their trash cans • Food waste at TEC´s main cafeteria represents 5% of the total amount of produced meals a day. Understanding the problem through numerical facts is helping the authorities to take action: awareness, technology improvement, better taste 15
SOME FIN INDINGS • Innovation (low cost and easy to apply techniques together with organizational, marketing and supply mechanisms) can support FLW reduction, promote FSN and enhance resilience at the same time • Food supply chain approaches and agribusiness scopes allow more integrated concepts to promote farmers sustainability as well as food supply for the country’s population • Multidisciplinary actions and multi-stake holder interactions are needed to properly address the FLW issue. 16
Costa Rican FLW Reduction Network “ RED COSTARRICENSE DE EXPERTOS PARA LA DISMINUCIÓN DE PÉRDIDAS Y DESPERDICIO DE ALIMENTOS ” 4th from right to left is our Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock during one of our meetings 17
Escuela de Agronegocios-Tecnológico de Costa Rica Contact: labrenes@tec.ac.cr / (00506) 2550-2287 Coordinator-Costa Rican Food Loss and Waste Reduction Network 18
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