Lowinfood : reducing waste through innovation
Read on how LOWINFOOD supports the reduction of food loss and wastes in the EU by demonstrating innovative solutions following a multi-actor approach.
AREFLH is a partner of the project LOWINFOOD, defined as a "Multi-actor design of low-waste food value chains through the demonstration of innovative solutions to reduce food loss and waste".
LOWINFOOD supports the reduction of food loss and wastes in the European Union by demonstrating innovative solutions following a multi-actor approach that involves stakeholders along the entire value chain. The main objective of the project is to co-design low-waste value chains by supporting the demonstration of a portfolio of innovations in the fruits & vegetables, bakery products and fish value chains, as well as in a-home and out-of-home consumption.
The project aims are to demonstrate the efficacity of four types of innovations that should be able to address the problem of fruit and vegetables food loss and waste across the upstream value chain, from agricultural production down to retail.
In practice, the objective is to measure to what extent these innovations reduce losses and waste of fruit and vegetables along the supply chain. Another goal is to improve its efficiency and increase the use and consumption of fruit and vegetables through recovery and redistribution.
The following innovation are being tested and improved in the project :
- A software to manage withdraws of fruit & vegetables and donating them to charities
- A cooperation system between farmers and food service sector
- B2B digital market place for reducing food losses in the vegetables food industry
- Sales-forecasting software for supermarkets, allowing a better management of orders
To know more read the page of the: LOWINFOOD Value Chains
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No.101000439