GLOBAL FOOD WASTE AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENTE OF EFFECTİVE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The article examines the nature, volume, neutralization, and utilization of waste and losses, especially food waste and losses, from a scientific and methodological perspective, drawing on international experience. The need to study the management of waste and losses is scientifically substantiated by highlighting important problems related to the interaction between the generation of food waste under global conditions and the fact that a significant part of people still suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
In the research process, the classification of food waste, its areas of occurrence and causes, and the consequences of sometimes not complying with the requirements of environmental and technological norms and standards were scientifically studied, taking into account reality.
The volume of food waste and losses on a global and Azerbaijani scale, the mechanisms for their effective management and utilization were analyzed, and the possibilities of wide application of modern digital technologies were shown. In order to reduce food waste, the socio-economic importance of rationalizing storage, nutrition culture, packaging, transport and logistics, disposal, and other processes related to products generated in supply and food chain facilities, as well as their use as raw materials for green energy, fertilizer in crop production, and feed additives in livestock farming in auxiliary areas, has been reflected.
In addition, the article also discusses the application of innovative technologies in food waste management and the use of advanced international experience to improve the supply of food products to the population in the world and in our country, and, most importantly, to minimize the costs spent on food safety and environmental protection; finally, their socio-economic and ecological importance has been scientifically substantiated and relevant proposals have been made.