Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
University of Reading and FOLOU
This online course explored how measuring and reducing food loss can deliver environmental, economic and societal benefits. The course focused on food loss in the context of the wider food system and introduced the techniques and tools available to quantify food loss as a first step towards tackling the problem.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Professor Julian Park
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
University of Reading
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the significance of food loss in primary production
- Define food loss as an economic and sustainability issue
- Describe food loss within the wider food system context
- Recognise the value of defining and improving food loss measurement
- List a range of methods and tools to measure food loss
- Identify key food loss stakeholders and opportunities for engagement
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Issued on 4th January 2026
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