Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
In Afghanistan, there were no m ajority th a t had emerged abou t the statement “I feel
embarrassed to take home the leftover food”. 35% didn't know w h a t to answer and 35% didn't
agree. They were 40% to disagree in total and 25% to agree when answers are aggregated.
Beninese participants to the survey answered in m ajority tha t they feel embarrassed to take
back home their food leftovers w hen they go to the restaurant (60% in total). 30% o f them do
n o t feel embarrassed abou t it.
The answers to the statement "I feel embarrassed to take home the leftover food" were quite
varied in Cameroon. W h ile 30% agreed, a sim ilar percentage disagreed (28% ). 21% fully agreed
and 10% did not agree a t all.
A strong m ajority (76% ) of the persons interviewed in Saudi Arabia are embarrassed to take
their food leftover at home. Less than a quarter of them are not.
Senegalese participants to the survey agreed in m ajority th a t they feel embarrassed to take back
home their food leftovers when they go to the restaurant (60% in total). 25% of them do n o t feel
embarrassed abou t it.
In Turkey, a round 79% of the participants do n o t feel embarrassed abou t taking the leftover
food to home.
Uzbekistan participants to the survey were rather divided as for the feeling of being
embarrassed to take back home the leftover food. 21% fully agreed and 26% agreed while 10%
disagreed and 37% did not agree at all.
Table 77: Degree o f ag reem ent w ith the statem en t "Food business refuse me ta k in g leftover
food hom e ”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 10% 5% 10% 46% 50% 0% 0%
Agreed 10% 65% 21% 48% 15% 5% 0%
Don’t Know 45% 30% 20% 4% 10% 24% 40%
Not agreed 10% 0% 35% 1% 10% 53% 60%
No Agreed at all 25% 0% 7% 2% 15% 19% 0%
A fghanistan people don 't th ink tha t the food business places prevent them to take back home
their leftover food. If 40% do n 't know w h a t abou t that, 60% disagreed.
A strong m ajority of Beninese stated tha t food businesses refuse them to take their leftovers
back home. However, a strong m ino rity of 30% did n o t know w h a t to answer.
In Cameroon, the most frequently answer was a disagreement (35% ). A round 20% agreed and
the same p ropo rtion o f respondents don 't know w h a t to th in k abou t this statement. 10% fully
agreed while 7% completely disagreed w ith this.
Concerning the answer to the statement "Food businesses refuse me to take the food leftovers
at home", the answers are sharply divided in Saudi Arabia. M ost of the respondents agreed
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