COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
Every A fghanistan surveyed agreed (23%] or fully agreed (74% ) th a t tak ing home any leftover
food helps m in im iz ing food.
A vast majority of Beninese respondents fully agreed (30% ) or agreed (60% )w ith the statement
according to which tak ing back home leftover food helps to m in im ize food waste.
A clear m ajority of Cameroonian respondents fully agreed (28% ) or agreed (5 0% )w ith the
statement according to which tak ing back home leftover food helps to m in im ize food waste. Only
4% did n o t agree and 4% did no t agree at all.
A lm ost all the Saudi participants (91% ) responding the survey agreed or fully agreed w ith the
statement according to which tak ing back home leftover food helps to m in im ize food waste. Only
5% did n o t agree and 2% did no t agree at all.
If ha lf of the Senegalese respondents agreed (25% ) or fully agreed (25% ) tha t taking back home
the food leftovers w o u ld help to m in im ize the am o u n t of food waste, the vast m ajority of the
others (40% ) d id n 't know w h a t to th ink abou t tha t and only 10% disagreed.
Of all the Turkish participants, 58. % agreed w ith “Taking home any leftover food helps
m in im iz ing food waste” and 31% of them fully agreed w ith it. However, only 5% of them did no t
agree w ith the suggestion.
All the Uzbekistan respondents who had a m in d abou t w h a t to answer to the above-mentioned
statement agreed (45% ) or fully agreed (35% ) w ith it. They were 20% n o t to know w h a t to
think.
Table 81: Degree of agreement with the statement "Using smaller buffets helps minimizing
food waste”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 40% 40% 37% 37% 10% 17% 45%
Agreed 25% 60% 50% 50% 40% 58% 15%
Don’t Know 35% 0% 8% 8% 15% 15% 30%
Not agreed 0% 0% 6% 6% 30% 6% 10%
No Agreed at all 0% 0% 3% 3% 5% 3% 0%
In Afghanistan, nobody disagreed w ith tha t using smaller buffets w ou ld help to m in im ize food
waste". A strong m ajority agreed or fully agreed and 35% d id n 't know w h a t to think.
All the Beninese surveyed agreed tha t using smaller buffets w ou ld help m in im iz ing food waste.
A clear majority of the Cameroonian surveyed (87%] agreed tha t using smaller buffets w ould
help m in im iz ing food waste.
Looking at the Table 47, 87% o f the Saudi respondents agreed w ith the statement "using smaller
buffets helps m in im iz ing food waste".
40% of the Senegalese respondents agreed tha t using smaller buffets w ou ld help to m in im ize
food waste and 10% fully agreed w ith this. However, 30% disagreed and 5% did n o t agree at all.
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