Bringing knowledge and consensus to prevent and reduce FOod LOss at the primary production stage. Understanding, measuring, training and adopting (FOLOU)

每年，在初级生产阶段产生大量的粮食损失；粮食损失对社会产生负面影响，造成粮食不安全、环境枯竭、产生可避免的温室气体排放并对土地和水造成压力。目前，阻碍减少FL的主要挑战是：监管挑战(例如，在欧盟委员会第2019/1597号决定中将FL排除在外)、技术挑战(例如，缺乏通用的衡量方法、缺乏具有成本效益的衡量工具)、科学挑战(例如，缺乏对驱动因素的了解)和社会挑战(例如，缺乏不同利益相关者的技能)。Folou愿意为克服这些挑战做出贡献，该项目的主要目标是建立必要的机制，以：(I)衡量和评估(稳健和协调的方法)，(Ii)监测和报告(国家和欧盟FL登记)，以及(Iii)评估FL的规模和影响。此外，Folou还将努力确保主要目标利益相关者：初级生产者、零售商、消费者、政策制定者和研究人员适当地转让和采用项目成果。Folou将围绕四个变革杠杆安排其活动：1#通过努力收集和治愈粮食安全现有数据，通过努力了解粮食损失背后的驱动因素，并通过评估这些损失的影响，实现理解；2#通过开发新的成本效益高的测量/估计工具以及稳健和协调的方法来衡量粮食安全；3#通过向不同的利益攸关方提供量身定制的培训来进行培训；4#通过编写建议和创建结对方案来采用。在为期4年的时间里，Folou聚集了来自10个国家的16个多学科合作伙伴，共同围绕一个共同的挑战：防止和减少最终损失的供人类消费的食物的数量。

Each year, a substantial amount of food loss (FL) is generated at the primary production stage; FL have negative impacts on the society, contributing to food insecurity, depleting the environment, generating avoidable GHG emissions and creating pressure on land and water. Currently, key challenges hampering the reduction of FL are: regulatory challenges(e.g., exclusion of FL in the EU Commission Decision 2019/1597), technical challenges (e.g., lack of common measurement methodology, lack of cost-effective measurement tools), scientific challenges(e.g., lack of understanding of drivers) and social challenges(e.g., lack ofskills of the differentstakeholdersinvolved). FOLOU is willing to contribute in overcoming these challenges, being the main objective of the project to set up the necessary mechanisms to: (i) measure and estimate (robust and harmonized methodology), (ii) monitor and report (national and EU FL registries), and (iii) assess the magnitude and impact of FL. Additionally, FOLOU will also work to assure the appropriate knowledge transfer and adoption of the project outcomes by the key targeted stakeholders: primary producers, retailers, consumers, policy makers and researchers. FOLOU will structure its activities in a comprehensive action plan revolving around four levers of change: 1#Understanding by working on collecting and curing FL available data, by working on understanding the drivers behind food losses and by assessing the impact of these losses; 2#Measuring by developing new cost-effective tools for the measurement/estimation of FL and a robust and harmonized methodology; 3#Training by providing tailored trainings to different stakeholders; 4#Adopting by preparing recommendations and creating a twinning programme. With a duration of 4 years, FOLOU gathers 16 multidisciplinary partners from 10 countries joining forces around a common challenge: Preventing and reducing the amount of food intended for human consumption that is eventually lost.