A lot of food was wasted over the festive season. [Photo|asianagribusinessconsulting.com]Close to one-third of all the food Kenyans prepared for Christmas and New Year festivities may have gone to waste, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).FAO says that the food was either spoiled or wasted before it was consumed.The problem of food wastage worsens during festivities and FAO has now begun a New Year resolution campaign to end it.“The holidays are a great time to celebrate food and to appreciate it. Yet, holidays have, in some parts of the world, become synonymous with over-eating and food waste,” says FAO .It adds: "And food isn’t the only thing that is wasted when it goes uneaten: all of the resources, like seeds, water, feed, money and labour that go into making it are also lost."Food is usually lost or wasted throughout the supply chain, from the farm down to cooked food that is never eaten and is thrown away, according to the Star.The wastage is ironical in Kenya because currently, about three million people have no food and only survive on donations from the government and wellwishers.In the current campaign, FAO is asking people across the world to donate what they did not consume over Christmas and New Year.“If you buy extra cans, dried goods or other non-perishable food that can be donated, there are many local charities that happily accept these foods,” the organisation says.
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