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At least one-third of South African households are food insecure, while one-third of the 31-million tonnes of food produced every year in South Africa (10 tonnes) ends up in landfill. Wasted food incurs the costs of production, only to generate methane when it’s dumped, a greenhouse gas up to 8.
South African food producers ‘lose’ or waste about 10 million tonnes of good-quality food a year, while more than 20 million people go hungry every day. Why are the two issues not being connected, and could this surplus food help to solve South Africa’s chronic hunger problem?