Not only does this mean an economic loss; it means that all of the natural resources used for growing, processing, packaging, transporting, and marketing that food were also wasted.

這不只是經濟上的損失而已；這代表所有的自然資源用來種植、處理、包裝、運送以及行銷那食物也都被浪費了

Imagine, 28% of the world's agricultural land grows crops that are wasted.

試著想像全世界 28% 的農業用地種植的作物都被浪費

That equals the total land area of China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.

這等於中國、蒙古以及哈薩克加起來的土地總和

Plus the water wasted in growing those crops equals the annual flow rate of the Zambezi or the Volga rivers,

再加上種植這些作物所浪費掉的水等於尚比西河或是窩瓦河的年度流量

an amount that could cover all the world's household water needs.

這用的用水量幾乎等同於全世界家庭用水的總量

And as agriculture and fisheries expand into wild areas, overexploiting natural resources, forest and marine habitats are lost along with their biodiversity.

而隨著農、漁業逐漸開發野生地區過度濫用自然資源，森林跟水生動物的棲地都會消失

Above all, wasted food emit some 3.3 giga-tons of greenhouse gases.

生物多樣性也被破壞

If this were a country, it would represent the third largest emitting country in the world.

更重要的是，

This cannot continue.

被浪費的食物會排放 33 億噸的溫室氣體

With a future of more people and fewer resources,

如果換算成一個國家，

We cannot afford to throw our natural resources out with the garbage.

這等同於排放量世界第三多的國家

Let's do something about wastage.

不能再繼續下去了

Food producers can invest in better harvest and storage technology to avoid food loss.

未來的人口只會越來越多，

Food retailers can reduce prices of that imperfectly-shaped vegetable,

資源只會越來越少

and donate unsellable yet edible surplus grocery food to those in need.

我們不能夠跟垃圾一起把自然資源丟掉

Food not fit for human consumption should be reused to feed animals.

我們來改變食物浪費的現象吧

Individual consumers can be more careful shoppers, use better methods to store and recycle leftovers,

食物製造商可以投資研發更好的收割以及倉儲技術來避免食物浪費

and request smaller portions in restaurants.

食物經銷商可以對那些外型醜陋的蔬菜實施降價

Small efforts add up.

並且將那些賣不出去但卻可以吃的多餘食物捐給需要的人

The food wastage pyramid is based on garbage.

人類無法食用的食物則應該被重複利用拿來餵食動物

Policymakers can enhance the ability

個別消費者可以作更仔細的買家、用更好的方法來保存以及回收廚餘

of producers, retailers, and consumers to turn that pyramid around.

並且在餐廳點餐時點較少的量

For example, develop capacities of food producers to adopt post-harvest technologies.

這些小小的努力是會累積的

Revise those sell-by expiration dates

食物浪費金字塔奠基於垃圾

so perfectly safe food is not discarded.

政策制定者可以增加食物製造商、經銷商以及消費者的能力

Launch awareness-raising campaigns to inspire consumers

來翻轉那個金字塔

to take whatever steps they can to stop food wastage.

舉例來說，政策制定者可以開發食物製造商的能力來使用收割後技術

Reduce landfills through investments in transforming food waste into compost and biogas.

修改經銷商到期日

The solution starts with you.

讓根本完全安全的食物不會被丟掉

Each producer, supermarket, household, restaurant, and nation

可以發起宣傳活動來鼓勵消費者盡他們所能

has a part to play.

來阻止食物浪費

It would take the commitment of all to reduce food loss and waste

或是透過投資將食物浪費轉化為堆肥以及沼氣來減少垃圾掩埋場

so that all the natural resources used to produce food

你，可以做很多

will end up as meals for the world's population

製造商、超級市場、家庭、餐廳以及國家

instead of as garbage in landfills.

都對減少食物浪費非常重要