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The Horizon Europe FOLOU project, in collaboration with the University of Reading, has launched the first in a series of free online courses: “Understanding Food Loss”.
In this course, you’ll join a global classroom and will learn about food loss, particularly in the context of the wider food system, recognise the value of measuring food loss as a first step towards tackling the problem, and identify key stakeholders. By the end of it, you’ll be able to explain why food loss matters and how better measurement and management can improve the sustainability, security and fairness of our food systems.
The course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about food loss in primary production and is particularly useful for: the primary production sector (e.g. farmers, farm advisors, farm associations and consultants), researchers, public administrators, policymakers and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It offers a unique opportunity to explore key concepts shaping the future of food systems and how measuring and managing food loss can deliver environmental, economic and societal benefits.
Key Details:
- Duration: 2 weeks (2 hours/week)
- 100% online and free
- Free certificate upon completion
- European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food accreditation (EIT Food is Europe’s leading food initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted).
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to …
- 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
Enroll to the course here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-food-loss
Get a grasp of the course by watching this introductory video: https://www.folou.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0A-Trailer-v3.mov.
The course distills key insights from the FOLOU project, which aims to reduce food loss across the EU at primary production stage, encompassing agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries. MIO-ECSDE plays a key role in the project, supporting research on food loss drivers, conducting policy analysis and co-leading the project’s Twinning Regions Programme.
Read in French here