Can Kenya’s Food Donation Policy Reduce Food Waste?

With 37 percent of the Kenyan population facing severe hunger, food waste is potentially the perfect fix. The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas is a policy developed by several food-focused organizations set up to help eliminate this problem.

With a population faces severe hunger, approximately 40 percent of food in the country goes to landfills, which not only means people are going hungry when they shouldn't have to but also means this food is going to waste and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.

The policy focuses on things such as food safety regulations, date labeling, liability protection for food donations, tax incentives and barriers, food waste penalties, and government grants and incentives as a way to funnel some of this food waste to better-used places than dumpsters.

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