Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
The vast majority (90% ) of the people surveyed in Saudi Arabia agreed w ith tha t “a lo t of food
waste is dow n to cooking or preparing too much die t”. Only 6% of them disagreed w ith this
statement when 3% do n 't know.
H alf of the people surveyed in Senegal are rather divided again as for the follow ing statement:
“a lo t of food waste is dow n to cooking or preparing too much diet”. They were 40% to agreed
and 25% to disagree bu t they were also 35% who did n o t know w h a t to answer.
It is possible to see th a t 87% o f the Turkish participants tho ug h t w ith tha t “A lo t of food waste
is dow n to cooking or preparing too much die t”.
40% of the people surveyed in Uzbekistan didn't know w h a t to answer to the statement
according to which a lo t o f food waste is dow n to cooking or preparing too much diet than those
who agreed (45% , when agreed and fully agreed choices are aggregated).
Table 74: Degree of agreement with the statement "A lot of food waste is down to store
promotions and different offers”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 10% 5% 16% 36% 10% 16% 21%
Agreed 25% 30% 23% 50% 50% 47% 11%
Don’t Know 60% 35% 25% 4% 30% 17% 32%
Not agreed 5% 20% 25% 8% 10% 17% 21%
No Agreed at all 0% 10% 11% 2% 0% 4% 16%
Most the Afghanistan participants to the survey d id n 't know w h a t to answer to the statement "
A lo t o f food waste is dow n to store prom otions and different offers". Many those who knew
w h a t to answer agreed w ith it (35% in total).
Beninese surveyed are divided as for the question "A lo t of food waste is dow n to store
prom otions and different offers". 35% did n o t know w h a t to answer, 35% agreed or fully agreed
and 30% disagreed or fully disagreed.
Cameroonian surveyed are divided as for the question "A lo t of food waste is dow n to store
prom otions and different offers". A quarter of them disagreed, while the same share d id n 't know
and another sim ilar percentage agreed (23% ). 16% fully agreed when 11% d id no t agreed at all.
In Saudi Arabia, 50% of the respondents agreed and tha t 36% o f them fully agreed w ith the
statement according to which a lo t of food waste is dow n to store prom otions and different
offers. On less than 10% disagreed.
60% of the Senegalese are divided agreed or fully agreed w ith the statement " A lo t of food waste
is dow n to store prom otions and different offers". If only 10% disagreed, 30% d id n 't know w ha t
to answer.
Table 41 indicates tha t 62% o f the Turkish respondents agreed w ith tha t “A lo t o f food waste is
dow n to store prom otions and different offers”. However, 21% of them d id n o t agree. Moreover,
17% o f the respondents stated tha t they do no t know.
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