Wonky discarded vegetables in Burscough, Lancashire, UK October, 2015. Food waste reduction could help feed world's starving says Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, head of an independent panel of experts advising the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization on how to tackle the problem. In a series of programmes the BBC is also highlighting the mountain of food waste that is being generated on Britain's farms due to supermarkets' strict cosmetic standards. Credit: Cernan Elias/Alamy Live News

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