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FOLOU PROJECT

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Dates

January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2026

Project website

https://www.folou.eu

Role of CIRCE

Project partner

Grant agreement number

101084106

Funded by

Financiado por la Unión Europea

Description and objectives

Its main objectives are:

  • To develop and establish a robust and harmonised methodology for measuring and estimating food losses at the primary production level.
  • To create national and European Food Loss Registries to monitor and report losses across different sectors.
  • To assess the magnitude and impact (economic, environmental and social) of food losses occurring at the production stage.
  • To train and transfer knowledge to key stakeholders — producers, distributors, policymakers and researchers — and foster adoption of effective solutions.
  • To structure project activities around four levers of change: Understanding, Measuring, Training, and Adopting.

Value proposition

  • FOLOU addresses a structural gap in European food systems: the lack of common methodologies and reliable data on food losses at the primary production level.
  • It develops innovative and cost-effective tools, validated under real-life conditions, enabling the transition from knowledge to tangible impact.
  • The project contributes directly to the objectives of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the European Green Deal, promoting sustainable food systems.
  • Through its twinning programme and the creation of a shared knowledge repository, FOLOU facilitates replication and adoption of best practices across regions and sectors.

Project partners

  • Fundació Universitària Balmes (UVIC-UCC) – Spain (Coordinator)
  • MIO-ECSDE – Greece
  • Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (UNIBO) – Italy
  • Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) – Italy
  • Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural (DACC) – Spain
  • CIRCE – Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos – Spain
  • Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) – Norway
  • PROMAN Management GmbH – Austria
  • Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) – Belgium
  • and other partners from Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom.