This is a list of food surplus and food wastepercentage rates across a range of agricultural sectors. The aim is tohelp farmers understand average, high and low performance in their sectors. The data is taken from the WRAP report Food waste in primary production in the UK.
WRAP has collated sector-specific food surplus and waste rates for primary production through a literature review. These industry reference valuescan be helpful for farmers, their advisers and others working in the supply chain in order to compare performance againstsector averages.Recognising that data specific to the UK is not available for many sectorscurrently, the food surplus and waste rates are based on the best available data taken from the UK or comparable geographies, namely Europe, North America and Australia.The list of food surplus and waste rates is set out on the following two pages by sector in alphabetical order.
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