COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
Uzbekistan participants tha t answered to this question were rather divided in their choices. If
21% fully agreed and 11% agreed, 21% disagreed while 16% did not agree at all. The m ost
chosen proposition was don't know, w ith 32% of the respondents.
Table 75: Degree of agreement with the statement "A lot of food waste is down to the kids”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 25% 30% 21% 38% 0% 16% 50%
Agreed 50% 35% 36% 46% 35% 29% 30%
Don’t Know 15% 5% 14% 1% 45% 19% 15%
Not agreed 10% 25% 23% 10% 10% 32% 5%
No Agreed at all 0% 5% 6% 4% 10% 4% 0%
A clear majority of the respondents agreed (50% ) or fully agreed (25% ) w ith the statement
according to which a lo t of food waste is dow n to the kids. W h ile 10% disagreed, 15% didn't
know.
Most the Beninese agreed (35% ) or fully agreed (30% ) w ith the statement according to which a
lo t of food waste is due to the kids. However, there is a strong m ino rity of disagreement (30%
in total).
Many the persons interviewed in Cameroon agreed (36% ) or fully agreed (21% ) w ith the
statement according to which a lo t of food waste is due to the kids. Only 23% disagreed and 6%
did not agree at all.
The vast majority the Saudi agreed (46% ) or fully agreed (38% ) w ith the statement according
to which a lo t of food waste is due to the kids. Only 10% disagreed and 4% d id no t agree at all.
In Senegal, m any the respondents who had a m in d regarding the above-mentioned statement
agreed w ith it (35% ). The fact is tha t alm ost the h a lf of them d id n 't know w h a t to say regarding
the statement according to which a lo t of food waste is dow n to the kids (45% ).
O f all the Turkish respondents, 38% d id no t th in k tha t “A lo t o f food waste is dow n to the kids”,
whereas 44% of participants agreed w ith the premise. Also, 19% said tha t they do n o t know.
A clear m ajority o f Uzbekistan respondents agreed w ith the above-mentioned statement. 50%
fully agreed and 30% agreed. Only 5% disagreed w ith th a t a lo t of food waste is dow n to the kids.
Table 76: Degree of agreement with the statement "I feel embarrassed to take home the
leftover food”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Senegal
Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 10% 5% 21% 27% 38% 0% 21%
Agreed 15% 55% 30% 50% 16% 2% 26%
Don’t Know 35% 10% 10% 0% 17% 19% 5%
Not agreed 35% 25% 28% 16% 14% 57% 11%
No Agreed at all 5% 5% 10% 8% 16% 22% 37%
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