AI to Reduce Food Waste

• 200 crore people suffer from hunger or undernourishment. 

• One-third of the food produced is wasted every year around the world. 

• On average, each of us wastes 74 kg of food every year. 

•  Reducing food waste by 50% by 2030 is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

• Perishable The Oxford Dictionary defines this word as (especially of food) likely to decay or go bad quickly 

•  Why learn this word? 

•  The majority of food waste happens because it perishes. 

• It gets spoiled before consumption. 

• Fruits, vegetables, meat, etc. may rot right on the farm or transportation or in the grocery stores.

• Suppose you went to a supermarket to buy paneer and found that it expires in 3 days. 

• Most of us would choose to buy an alternative. This leads to wastage. 

•  To encourage sales in such cases, discounted pricing is a good option. 

• Because paying the same price for food that expires soon doesn’t make sense.

                                                                 AI reduces food waste 

• A startup called Wasteless is using AI to help supermarkets to create dynamic pricing and reduce food waste. 

• The startup says it is on track to hit an 80% reduction in food waste. 

• This also means higher revenues for food sellers.