Technological Innovations in Food Waste Reduction: Case Studies from East and Southeast Asia

This study presents a review on food waste in East and Southeast Asia. Specifically, it highlights some of the key technological innovations being implemented in East and Southeast Asia to reduce the food waste. This paper contributed additional knowledge on the factors that contribute to food waste and the use of technological innovations to reduce food waste in East and Southeast Asia. A literature search was done on technological innovations being used in food waste reduction and several case studies have highlighted successful implementation of these technological innovations in Asia, encompassing the years 2018 to 2024. Based on the review, it is noted that the key features of technologies and practices of the food waste management as well as the cooperation between government and private sectors are important. The limitation of this study is that this study is only focusing on a few Asian countries. Therefore, this paper suggests that in future, researchers can focus on other countries as well as other regions. The identification of these innovations may highlight the importance of technology in reducing food waste, thus motivating other researchers, government, and private sectors to study technological innovations in food waste reduction more intensively

Technological innovation, food waste

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