In Africa, daily food waste averages 500 calories per person – but consumers account for only 5% of this loss. More than three-quarters of the waste occurs well before the kitchen, in inefficient agriculture, because birds and rats eat crops during harvest, for example, or pests spoil grain stores.
相比之下，世界上饥饿的穷人浪费非常之少，仅仅因为这样的浪费他们无法承受。在非洲，餐厨垃圾每天人均浪费500卡路里的热量——但消费者仅占上述浪费总额的5%。超过四分之三的浪费发生在厨房之前，因为农业效率低下，收割期鸟类和老鼠偷吃农作物，或者粮食储备被害虫糟蹋。