Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Many the Afghanistan respondents stated th a t they do n o t try to keep the food th row n away to
the m in im um , whereas 35% stated tha t they try to do it and 5% d id n 't know.
A lm ost all the persons surveyed in Benin (95%] stated tha t they try to keep the food throw n
away to the m in im um .
The clear m ajority of the persons surveyed in Cameroon (73% ) stated tha t they try to keep the
food throw n away to the m in im um . Only 13% of them do no t agree w ith this statement.
The clear m ajority (92% ) of the persons surveyed in Saudi Arabia stated tha t they try to keep
the food th row n away to the m in im um . Only around 5% of them do no t agree w ith this
statement.
Most Senegalese (55% ) stated tha t they try to keep the food throw n away to the m in im um .
"Don't know " receives the highest rate of answers. Only 10% disagreed.
Clear m ajority o f the Turkish respondents (91% ) stated tha t they try to make sure the food
throw n away is kept to a m in im um . Only 3% d id no t agree w ith that.
A lm ost all the Uzbekistan respondents state th a t they try to keep the food throw n away to the
m in im um . Indeed, 65% fu lly agreed and 30% agreed.
Table 69: Degree of agreement with the statement "If I had knowledge on how to best store
food I would probably end up throwing away less”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 0% 50% 46% 48% 30% 17% 50%
Agreed 65% 50% 35% 46% 35% 34% 20%
Don’t Know 15% 0% 11% 2% 25% 25% 5%
Not agreed 20% 0% 7% 4% 5% 22% 15%
No Agreed at all 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 2% 10%
65% of the Afghanistan respondents agreed tha t they w o u ld probably end up th row ing less if
they had know ledge on how to best store food, while 20% disagreed w ith this idea.
All the Beninese respondents stated tha t they w ould probab ly end up throw ing less if they had
know ledge on how to best store food.
The clear majority (82% ) of the Cameroonian respondents stated th a t if they had know ledge on
h ow to best store food they w o u ld p robab ly end up throw ing away less, whereas less than 7%
disagreed w ith this statement.
The clear majority (94% ) of the Saudi respondents stated tha t if they had know ledge on how to
best store food they w ou ld probab ly end up throw ing away less, whereas less than 5% disagreed
w ith this statement.
65% of the Senegalese respondents agreed (35% ) or fu lly agreed (30% ) tha t they w ould
probab ly end up throw ing less if they had know ledge on h ow to best store food. Only 10%
disagreed whereas the "don 't know " choice received a high rate of answers again.
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