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Worried about food waste?

Support the new law in Argnetina

Food insecurity isn’t anything new in Argentina. The country declared a food emergency in 2002, and it’s been continually extended since then. But people aren’t hungry because there’s not enough food. The problem is that the country poorly manages the food it has. On average, the nation loses or wastes about a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of food per person per day, says Mercedes Nimo, undersecretary of food and beverages for the Ministerio de Agroindustria.

 Argentines often can’t get the food they need, says Francisco Yofre, an official with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Argentina.

Argentines often can’t get the food they need, says Francisco Yofre, an official with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Argentina.

Banco de Alimentos, a food bank founded in 2001, receives foodstuffs from companies that would otherwise discard the food. Banco de Alimentos then sorts the foodstuffs and gives them to more than 800 community organizations. More organizations join that network every week, officials there say.