 Our agri-food systems form the backbone of many economies, producing a wide variety of food essential to nourish everyone in the world. Across the globe, many millions of people suffer from various forms of malnutrition. Over 3.1 billion cannot afford a healthy diet and food insecurity persists. Did you know that 13% of food produced is lost after harvest and before it reaches store shelves? While a staggering further 17% is wasted in our homes, supermarkets, and while eating out, each one of us wastes an average of an incredible 74 kilograms of food every year. When food is lost and wasted, production resources are lost, greenhouse gas emissions are generated, and our ecosystems and biodiversity are threatened. Our common take, make, use and discard approach to food is not desirable or sustainable. We have to do things differently. We have to focus on preventing and reducing food losses and shift our attitudes and behaviors away from wasting food. We must establish systems for measuring, monitoring and reporting on food loss and waste and engage with new sources of data to advance sustainable benefits. Shifting a circular agri-food systems that maximize the use of food for human consumption and keeping it out of landfills will increase efficiency, drive innovation and benefit our environment, economies and societies while protecting biodiversity. This shift requires the joint efforts of stakeholders from across several sectors. We can achieve our sustainable development goal of having global food waste by 2030 and reducing food losses by at least 25%. And in the process, we can all contribute to the transformation of our agri-food systems, nourishing people and improving the health of our planet. Let's work together to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming our agri-food systems for the people, for the planet.