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Training Held on Food Loss and Waste Monitoring

General

A training session on the methodology for monitoring food loss and waste was held on 11 March 2025 at the Rectorate of the University of Banja Luka, bringing together representatives of the academic community, relevant institutions, and experts from the region.

Željko Vaško, PhD, full professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, presented the current state of food loss and waste worldwide, along with an overview of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gordana Vešligaj and Tibor Marić from the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition spoke on activities aimed at preventing and reducing food loss in Croatia, with a particular focus on data collection experiences. Katja Kalin from the Statistical Office of Slovenia presented the statistical approach to monitoring food loss and waste in Slovenia.

During the interactive segment of the training, participants exchanged experiences and discussed challenges and opportunities for improving the food waste monitoring system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The event was attended by representatives of the University of Banja Luka, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska, the Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Srpska, and the Agricultural Cooperative Association of the Republic of Srpska.

The training was organised as part of the project "Support for the Implementation of the BEAMING Project through the Development and Testing of a Methodology for Measuring Food Loss and Waste," funded by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Photo: D. Desnica 

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