Official figures show that nearly one-third of the world's food is wasted each year by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), equivalent to about 1.3 billion tonnes of food
The cost of food that is wasted annually around the world is estimated at US $ 1 trillion
The cost of disposal of food waste worldwide is estimated at US $ 410 billion annually
The percentage of global waste in the quantity of food is estimated at about 30% of the grain crops and about 45% of the fruit, vegetables and root vegetables such as kajzer, beets and potatoes, 20% of the seeds of oil and dairy products and 35% of the fish