Food Bank Vietnam promotes technology application for food sharing
HCM City (VNS/VNA) — The non-profit Food Bank Vietnam on October 15 launched a programme called Food Share to promote food sharing and
stop wastage.
It would promote the use of technology in
sharing food and help prevent food waste, Nguyen Tuan Khoi, chairman of Food
Bank Vietnam, said.
It would also promote the setting up of a food
sharing and food waste prevention association to help create a legal framework
against food wastage, he added.
Food Bank Vietnam, a member of the Global Food
Bank Network, has delivered 11.6 million kg of food and supported 3.5
million people since 2018.
Food banks are local sustainable non-profit
organisations that provide environment-friendly alternatives to surplus food
disposal, and rescue safe, wholesome food before it is wasted and redirect it
to feed hungry people.
Food banks source an increasing amount of highly
nutritious food including dairy products, proteins and produce from all sectors
prior to their shelf-life expiration.
Food waste harms the environment by producing
methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, when dumped in
landfills.
Food banks globally are however rescuing less
than 1% of food surplus.
Anil Viswanathan, managing director of Mondelez
Vietnam, said Mondelez Kinh Do and Food Bank Vietnam had become partners in the
last two years to implement meaningful activities as part of the latter’s two
major missions - no hunger and reduction of food waste.
Besides giving free food to people in need, his
company would also join hands with Food Bank Vietnam in the fight against food
waste and encourage people to join the fight, he added.
Global FoodBanking Network is a non-profit
created to eliminate hunger and reduce food waste by creating and supporting
food banks around the world. It supports food banks in
44 countries./.