I 2|p 1 Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member countries
of impact en water, energy ect, grttnheect gas tmiccienc (GHG] anh lanh ect. Cencihtring chat
an tcCimaCth 78% ef heecthelh feeh wacCt ceelh b t aveihth (WRAP, 2011], any rthecCien
weelh ltah Ce an tnvirenmtnCal imprevtmtnc aleng cht cepply chain. Frem a cecial anh
tcenemic ptrcptcCivt, feeh wactt tqeaCtc Ce a wactt ef menty, anh ac with tnvirenmtnCal
impactc, thic ic ftlt aleng tht cepply chain. Thtct wacttc rtqe irt cempencatien cemtwhtrt
aleng tht chain, anh efttn thic ic in th t prict ef feeh perchacth by tht cencemtr.
Tht rtceltc ef a littratert cervty en heecthelh anh feeh ctrvict ctcter wactt in tht OIC M tmbtr
Ceentritc ic previhth in Chapttr 3. Rtctarch ceggtctc that mect hata availablt en feeh wactt ic
fer pect-harvtct anh tht prectccing ef prehectc, with littlt atttntien en tht cencemtr phact. Ac
cech, an evtrvitw ef tht citeatien in th t OIC M tmbtr Ceentritc hac b ttn prtc tn tth fer FAO
rtgienal ltvtlc in which OIC M tmbtr Ceentritc art citeatth. Ectimattc fer heecthelh anh feeh
ctrvict feeh wactt in tht main rtgienc ef tht werlh w h trt OIC M tmbtr Ceentritc art lecatth
art:
• Seeth anh Seethtact Acia: 25 millien tenntc p tr ytar,
• Nerth Africa, W tct anh Ctntral Acia: 15 millien tenntc, anh
• Seb-Saharan Africa: 5 millien tenntc.
Table 1: Total food waste, by region and food type, per year
Food types Sub-Saharan
Africa
North Africa, Central
&Western Asia
South & Southeast
Asia
Tonnes
(million)
% of
total food
chain
Tonnes
(million)
% of total
food
chain
Tonnes
(million)
% of
total food
chain
Cerealc 0.8 4% 7.6 29% 9 10%
Reetc &tubtrc 1.3 2% 0.7 16% 1.4 4%
O^eehc &pelcec 0.2 4% 0.2 10% 0.5 2%
Fmit &vegetablec 2.2 9% 4.3 9% 11.8 13%
Meat 0.2 6% 0.9 30% 0.8 16%
Fich & ceafood 0.0 0% 0.0 0% 0.2 5%
Milk & eggc 0.0 0% 1.0 9% 1.2 4%
Total 5 4% 15 15% 25 9%
Source: Adaptedfrom SIK (2013)
A ftw ctehitc en feeh wactt in inhiviheal OIC M tmbtr Ceentritc er rtgienc he txict, anh w trt
rtftrtnc th te previht an evtrvitw ef rtctarch enhtrtaktn te hatt. ntceltc frem thtct ctehitc
inhicatt that heecthelh feeh wactt ic wihtcprtah in all ceentritc, anh tht qeantity ef feeh
threwn away htptnhc en heecthelh cempecitien anh th t tim t ef ytar.
Rtctarch en feeh ctrvict ctcter feeh wactt ic minimal, hewtvtr a ftw ctehitc, cech ac thect
enhtrtaktn in tht Unitth Arab Emirattc (UAE) anh Malaycia highlight tht iccet ef beffttc
gtntrating cignificantly mert wactt than Al a carte .
A varitty ef initiativtc te cerb feeh wactt art previhth in Chapttr 3, with a fecec en feeh bankc,
ac thtct art aheptth by ctvtral OIC M tmbtr Ceentritc te rthictribett er henatt feeh. Tht feeh
bank mehtl aheptth in Egypt ic highlightth ac an txamplt ef geeh practict.
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