Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Bangladesh loses more than 21 million tonnes of food annually across the supply chain, from farms to dining tables, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said on Monday.

She said the absence of proper storage facilities, poor price management and inadequate infrastructure are the main reasons behind such massive food losses, despite farmers' hard work in production.

Farida was speaking at a seminar titled 'Towards Zero Food Waste: Building a Sustainable Food Supply System in Bangladesh' held at a city hotel.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), the Royal Danish Embassy in Dhaka, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Bank, and the World Food Programme (WFP) jointly organised the event.

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