Provide the details on the amount of food wasted across the country India in one day.
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Globally, 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated in 2019, 61 per cent of which came from households (nearly 570 million tonnes), 26 per cent from foodservice and 13 per cent from retail. Indian households wasted around 68.7 million tonnes of food in 2019.
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A labourer throws rotten papayas due to lack of customers as a cow stands by at a market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on March 27, 2020. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
A labourer throws rotten papayas due to lack of customers as a cow stands by at a market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on March 27, 2020. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)
Globally, 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated in 2019, 61 per cent of which came from households (nearly 570 million tonnes), 26 per cent from foodservice and 13 per cent from retail. Indian households wasted around 68.7 million tonnes of food in 2019.
These startling figures on the state of food waste and loss were revealed in the recently released Food Waste Index Report 2021 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The report further adds that the global average of 74kg/capita of food wasted each year remains similar across lower-middle-income to higher-income countries – belying the general belief that food wastage is largely limited to the developed nations.
Answer:
Globally, 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated in 2019, 61 per cent of which came from households (nearly 570 million tonnes), 26 per cent from foodservice and 13 per cent from retail. Indian households wasted around 68.7 million tonnes of food in 2019.