losses & waste by sharing some practical opportunities...

Quality driven innovations in the fresh food supply chains to reduce food losses and waste

World Food Congress IndiaMSME Food Processing Sector: Global Opportunities4 November 2017, Peter Ravensbergen MSc.

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to explain the importance and relevance of an integrated approach in improving fresh food supply chains in order to reduce food losses & waste by sharing some practical opportunities and results

Two partners

Wageningen University & Wageningen Research

1/3 of all food produced is lost or wasted

20% FOOD LOSSES

MEAT

30% FOOD LOSSES

CEREAL

45% FOOD LOSSES

FRUIT &VEGETABLES

20% FOOD LOSSES

OILSEEDS& PULSES

45% FOOD LOSSES

ROOTS &

TUBERS

20% FOOD LOSSES

DAIRY

30% FOOD LOSSES

FISH & SEAFOOD

How much is that?

1 BILLION METRIC TONS

25.650.000 TEU‘CSCL Globe’, Largest seagoing vessel in the world: 18 270 TEU

1 000 000 000 METRIC TONS = ± 1404 x 'CSCL Globe’

1400 x WORLD’S LARGEST CARRIER

Top-10 reported causes PHL in F&V Supply Chains

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Agrologistics and Postharvest Quality

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Keeping conditions• Storage• Transport• Packaging

Supply Chain Management• Stock Management• Network Design• Food Waste Reduction

Preserving Technologies• Temperature & Humidity Control• Modified & Controlled Atmosphere• Innovative technologies

Keeping conditions• Storage• Transport• Packaging

Supply Chain Management• Stock Management• Network Design• Food Waste Reduction

Physics & Physiology• Temperature & Humidity Control• Modified & Controlled Atmosphere• Innovative technologies

Product Quality• Initial Quality• Marketable Quality• Consumer Quality

Post-harvest Network: Three-way collaboration for best results

Proven methods and systems leading to value creation in supply chain

3: GOVERNMENTEffective legislation, regulations and supportive climate

1: INDUSTRY

Three sectors collaborating for best results and increased value

Integrated, multi-disciplinary research teams

2: UNIVERSITIES

Sharing knowledge, experience, expertise WITH LOCAL PARTNERS

Efficient Supply Chains: demand driven

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ProducerPacking

TraderExporter

Transportair

Auction Importer ExporterWholesaler

RetailerFlower shop

Consumer

SUPPLY CHAIN

ACTIONS

Hardware• Infrastructure• Logistic

intelligence

Orgware• Institutional

development• Alliances

Software• Innovation• Knowledge

transfer

Supply chain improvement: 3 strategic pillars

integrated

Re-newed post-harvest research facility

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Examples of practical solutions

Cold chain & next generation storage systems Transport Modality shift: Improvement of

temperature controlled reefer transport rail & barge T&T: barcode, databar, RFID, blockchainExtension of Shelf life (packaging, mild preservation) From simple sorting to Vision and RoboticsKnowledge capacity: Cool Research on the Move

“Next generation" storage technology

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“Speaking fruit”

Modality shift requirements

Varieties selection Temperature control in whole chain New Packaging Pre-treatment Transport protocol

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Tracking and tracing

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Information of the history of product can be gathered with the Pasteur fresh tag: a very cheap logger for perishable products has been developed. The advantage of this logger is that it can measure several environmental conditions, such as temperature and moisture content but also ethylene concentrations, giving an quality prediction, using the incorporated quality decay models. These tags will give rise to a better valorisation in the supply chain.

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Extension of shelf life

Processing techniques• Drying, freezing, canning • Pulp, juices, concentrates• Pulse Electrified Field (PEF)• High Pressure

Packaging• Protective• Vacuum (cucumber, pepper, zucchini)• Hygiene• Modified atmosphere (salads, meals)

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Increase shelf life hoogesteeger form 7 days to 21 days by PEF

Vision & Robotics: Quality manager

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Circular Economy

Prevent, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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In evolving to a biobased economy we need to reduce out dependency on fossil fuels and petrochemical materials. Important sources for biobased materials are agrofood residues (potato peel, sugar beet pulp, wheat husks, tomato stalks/leaves, press cake from oil industry, cocoa husks etc), food or municipal waste and non-food sources such as grasses, wood or seaweed. Some examples of materials developed by Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research are: Tomato packaging boxes produced from tomato waste (stalks and leaf) Agro food residues or municipal solid waste as feedstock for the production of (bio-based) chemicals, for example medium chain carboxylic acid which can be used for paint is a promising alternative to using petrochemical or food compounds as substrate. Starch and cellulose fibres are used for these compostable and biodegradable egg cartons Different types of biomass can be used for cost efficient production of building blocks for bioplastics that are “fit-for-use”, for example suitable for hot fill or UV resistant. Building blocks such as PLA have been predominantly produced from so-called first generation feed stocks, for example sugar, but the research focus of WUR is on using second generation, or non-food, feedstocks. A successful example of development of a “fit-for-use” bioplastic product are these plant pots which are based on a PLA blend. The pots are suitable for use in automated cultivation processes, do not lose shape at the relatively high temperatures in the greenhouses and are of comparable price to the standard polypropylene pots. Development of a biomass-based binder that will allow production of a high-quality board material from reed waste that meets all technological and ecological demands. This will provide the building and construction industry and kitchen and furniture producers with a sustainable alternative for board material with synthetic resins from petroleum. Bio-asphalt made using lignin instead of the fossil bitumen, this asphalt is currently being tested in The Netherlands (province of Zeeland) Bioplastics from seaweed, WUR is investigating various possibilities of creating plastics from seaweed.

Package material from tomato stalks and leaves

Cool - Research on the Move

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Strenghtening the knowledge base

Tailor made interventions: Train the trainer

On the spot, in company workshops

Consumers’ preferences

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How the PHN and Wageningen FBR can support you?

Supporting to set up a local PHN in your country and to exchange best practices with eachother; Pilot implementation and redesign of agri-food chains:

closing cold chains, multimodal shifts, quality driven logistics, etc. in order to reduce losses, to decrease costs, to decrease lead time, to improve quality, etc. R&D support and Knowledge development of quality

driven agrologistics and post-harvest management: Cool -Research on the Move

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for regulations adjustments, support instruments, R&D support

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Looking forward to work with you!!!

Thanks for your attention

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