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A United Nations report says that even with hunger being a problem, the world wastes about 19 percent of the food it produces.
聯(lián)合國的一份報告稱，即使存在饑餓問題，全球浪費(fèi)的食物仍占其產(chǎn)量的19%。
The report said the waste adds up to more than 1 billion metric tons of food.
報告稱，浪費(fèi)的食物總量超過10億噸。
The writers of the report believe that the food waste could have helped the estimated hundreds of millions of people living with hunger each day.
報告作者認(rèn)為，這些浪費(fèi)的食物本可以幫助據(jù)估計每天生活在饑餓中的數(shù)億人。
The estimate appears in the U.N. Environment Program's (UNEP's) latest Food Waste Index Report.
聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署（UNEP）最新發(fā)布的《食物浪費(fèi)指數(shù)報告》中提到了這一數(shù)字。
It aims to follow progress on a 2021 U.N. goal to cut worldwide food waste in half by 2030.
該報告旨在跟蹤聯(lián)合國2021年目標(biāo)的進(jìn)展情況，即到2030年將全球浪費(fèi)的食物量減半。
The U.N. said the number of countries taking part in the report nearly doubled from the first one released in 2021.
聯(lián)合國表示，與2021年發(fā)布的第一份報告相比，參與該報告的國家數(shù)量幾乎翻了一番。
The report is co-produced by the UNEP and an international charity called the Waste and the Resources Action Program.
該報告由聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署和國際慈善機(jī)構(gòu)廢物與資源行動項(xiàng)目聯(lián)合編寫。
The new report found that the biggest share of wasted food – about 60 percent – came from households.
最新報告發(fā)現(xiàn)，食物浪費(fèi)中最大的一部分——約60%——來自家庭。
An estimated 28 percent came from food service operations, such as restaurants.
據(jù)估計，28%來自餐飲業(yè)，如餐館。
The researchers estimated each person wastes about 79 kilograms of food yearly.
研究人員估計，每人每年約浪費(fèi)79公斤食物。
They said that is equal to at least 1 billion meals wasted daily across the world.
他們說，這相當(dāng)于全球每天至少浪費(fèi)10億份餐食。
Clementine O'Connor is a food waste expert at the UNEP and a co-writer of the report.
克萊門蒂娜·奧康納（Clementine O'Connor）是聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署的食物浪費(fèi)問題專家，也是這份報告的共同撰稿人之一。
She described the results to The Associated Press as a "travesty."
她向美聯(lián)社形容，這一結(jié)果是一種“嘲諷”。
O'Connor said that while the problem is widespread and very complex, she believes it can be helped through effective "collaboration and systemic action."
奧康納說，雖然食物浪費(fèi)問題普遍存在而且非常復(fù)雜，但她相信可以通過有效的“合作和系統(tǒng)化行動”來解決。
The report comes at a time when the U.N. estimates 783 million people around the world face long-term hunger.
據(jù)聯(lián)合國估計，全球有7.83億人長期面臨饑餓問題。
The Israel-Hamas war and ongoing violence in Haiti have added to the problem.
以色列哈馬斯戰(zhàn)爭和海地持續(xù)不斷的暴力事件使問題變得更加嚴(yán)重。
Experts say those conflicts have caused people in Gaza and Haiti to near a severe lack of food, called famine.
專家稱，這些沖突已導(dǎo)致加沙和海地的人們即將面臨嚴(yán)重的食物短缺，即饑荒。
Food waste is also a global concern because of environmental pressures linked to production.
由于與生產(chǎn)相關(guān)的環(huán)境壓力，食物浪費(fèi)也是一個全球關(guān)注的問題。
These include the land and water required to raise crops and animals as well as pollution caused by food waste.
這些壓力包括種植作物和飼養(yǎng)動物所需的土地和水資源，以及食物浪費(fèi)造成的污染問題。
Experts estimate food loss and waste currently produces eight to 10 percent of worldwide greenhouse gases.
據(jù)專家估計，目前食物損失和浪費(fèi)產(chǎn)生的溫室氣體占全球總量的8%至10%。
The report says, if food waste were a country, it would rank third after China and the United States.
報告稱，如果把食物浪費(fèi)比作一個國家，那么它產(chǎn)生的溫室氣體排放量將排在中國和美國之后，位列第三。
The report's writers said there was notable growth in efforts to reduce food waste in low- and middle-income countries.
報告作者稱，中低收入國家在減少食物浪費(fèi)方面取得了顯著進(jìn)展。
But they said wealthier nations may have to lead international cooperation and policy development.
但他們表示，較富裕的國家可能必須要在國際合作和政策制定方面發(fā)揮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)作用。
The report said food redistribution – including donations of leftover food to food banks and aid groups – will be an important part in fighting food waste among food sellers.
報告稱，食物的再分配——包括將剩余食物捐贈給食物銀行和援助團(tuán)體——將是食品銷售商努力減少食物浪費(fèi)的重要一環(huán)。
One group involved in such a program is the nonprofit Food Banking Kenya.
非營利組織肯尼亞食品銀行就是參與此類項(xiàng)目的一個團(tuán)體。
The nonprofit group gets leftover food from farms, markets and other places and "redistributes" it to schoolchildren and people who want food.
該非營利組織從農(nóng)場、市場和其他地方收集剩余食物，然后“再分配”給學(xué)童和需要食物的人。
Food waste is an increasing concern in Kenya, where an estimated 4.45 million metric tons of food is wasted each year.
在肯尼亞，食物浪費(fèi)問題日益令人擔(dān)憂，據(jù)估計，該國每年浪費(fèi)的食物達(dá)445萬噸。
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