Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Table 45: Frequency of making a list of food items before going to food shopping
Frequency Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Senegal
Turkey Uzbekistan
Always 0% 45% 44% 23% 26% 28% 47%
Often 35% 25% 20% 26% 53% 31% 21%
Sometimes 10% 0% 24% 43% 16% 31% 10%
Rarely 40% 10% 8% 79% 21% 27% 53%
Never 15% 20% 3% 0% 32% 64% 16%
Most the Afghanistan participants rarely (40%) or never (15%) make a list of the food items they
are going to purchase. 35% often make a list but nobody always does it.
Beninese respondents also usually make a list of the food items they are going to purchase (70%
of them do it at least often).
Cameroonian respondents also usually make a list of the food items they are going to purchase
(65% of them do it at least often). Only 11% of them rarely or never do it
Saudi respondents also usually make a list of the food items they are going to purchase. Only 8%
of them rarely do it.
A short majority of the Senegalese participants that answered to this question rarely (32%) or
never (21%) make a list of the food items they are going to purchase. A little bit more than a
quarter of them always do so, however.
Overall, almost 59% of the Turkish respondents usually make a list before going to shopping.
However, the rest does not regularly prepare a shopping list.
In Uzbekistan, a strong majority of the participants that answered to this question always (47%)
or often (21%) make a list of the food items they are going to purchase. A little bit more than a
fifth of them rarely (5%) or never (16%) do so.
Table 46: Frequency of sticking to buying the items on the list
Frequency Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia
Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Always 5% 35% 23% 11% 10% 35% 40%
Often 15% 35% 34% 22% 20% 46% 20%
Sometimes 45% 5% 27% 52% 30% 14% 15%
Rarely 15% 5% 11% 14% 25% 4% 10%
Never 20% 20% 4% 1% 15% 1% 15%
There is 45% of the surveyed Afghanistan that sometimes stick to buying the items they planned
to buy with their shopping list. Many the others rarely or never do it while they are 15% to often
stick to buying the items they planned to buy with their shopping list and 5% to always do it.
In Benin, most of the respondents report that they often, or more frequently, stick to buying just
the items on their list that they prepared before going to food shopping (75%). 20% never do so.
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