COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
51% of the Turkish participants agreed w ith tha t if they had know ledge on h ow to best store
food they w o u ld probab ly end up throw ing away less. A lm ost a quarter of all respondents (25% )
said th a t they do n o t know . On the other hand, 24% did n o t agree w ith this suggestion.
70% o f the Uzbekistan respondents agreed (35% ) or fully 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. They were 15%
to disagree and 10% not to agree at all.
Table 70: Degree of agreement with the statement "If I had knowledge on how to do food
shopping more effectively, I would probably end up throwing away less”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 5% 25% 38% 55% 20% 8% 50%
Agreed 45% 70% 43% 42% 40% 50% 25%
Don’t Know 15% 5% 8% 1% 25% 21% 10%
Not agreed 35% 0% 7% 2% 10% 19% 15%
No Agreed at all 0% 0% 4% 0% 5% 2% 0%
Half of the surveyed households in Afghanistan agreed (45% ) or fully agreed (5% ) w ith the
statement “If I had know ledge on how to do food shopping more effectively, I w ou ld probably
end up throw ing away less”. They were only 35% to disagree as 15% d id n 't know w h a t to
answer.
A lm ost all the Beninese (95% ) agreed or fully agreed w ith the statement “If I had know ledge on
how to do food shopping more effectively, I w ou ld probably end up throw ing away less”.
In the same way, a clear m ajority of Cameroonian (81% ) agreed w ith the statement “If I had
know ledge on h ow to do food shopping more effectively, I w ou ld probab ly end u p throw ing
away less”.
A lmost all (97% ) the respondents to the survey in Saudi A rabia agree w ith the statement “If I
had know ledge on how to do food shopp ing more effectively, I w ould probab ly end up throw ing
away less”.
In Senegal, a majority also agreed (40% ) or fully agreed (20% ) w ith the statement “If I had
know ledge on h ow to do food shopping more effectively, I w ou ld probab ly end up throw ing
away less”.
A lmost h a lf of the Turkish respondents (50% ) though t tha t if they had know ledge on how to do
food shopping more effectively, they w ou ld th row away less. In contrast, 21% did no t agree and
another 21% of the respondents stated th a t they do n o t know.
A vast m ajority of the surveyed households in Uzbekistan agreed (25% ) or fully agreed (50% )
w ith the statement “If I had know ledge on how to do food shopping more effectively, I w ould
probab ly end up throw ing away less”. They were only 15% to disagree as 10% d id n 't know w ha t
to answer.
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