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It provides sector-specific guidance on settlements, building construction, waste management, energy, infrastructure, WASH, agriculture, and education. Key strategies include the use of soil bioengineering for landslide stabilization, integrated settlement planning, and the promotion of renewable energy to reduce pressure on forests. 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Based on a 2021 pilot with seven growers in the US, it highlights that food loss is often driven by strict retail specifications, labor costs, and market dynamics. The SISC Food Loss Metric tool allows growers to categorize unharvested crops as marketable, edible but not marketable, or inedible, with the sampling process taking approximately one hour for two people. 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