What causes the food waste in poor countries? [originaltext]The United Nations b

The United Nations believes about 17 percent of the world’s food goes to waste each year. That amounts to 931 million metric tons of food being thrown away from homes, stores and food companies. The information comes from the U. N. Environment Program’ s Food Waste Index Report 2021. The report says food waste is not only a problem in rich countries like Britain or the United States. It happens in poor countries, too, where food supplies can go bad without cold storage.