COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
In Turkey, of all surveyed business entities, 66% th ink th a t they w ou ld waste less if they had
know ledge on how to do food shopping more effectively. 37% , on the other hand, did no t agree
w ith this premise. In Uzbekistan, two-thirds o f the food businesses surveyed in Senegal also
agreed (20% ) or fully agreed (55% ) w ith the statement "If I had know ledge on how to do food
shopp ing more effectively, I w ou ld probab ly end up throw ing away less". 15% disagreed w ith
the latter while 10% d id n 't know w h a t to answer.
Table 104: Agreement with the statement "If I had knowledge on the environmental impact
of food waste, I would probably try to throw away less”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 5% 32% 31% 49% 33% 64% 70%
Agreed 45% 68% 53% 49% 29% 12% 30%
Don’t Know 20% 0% 10% 1% 19% 1% 0%
Not Agreed 30% 0% 6% 0% 14% 21% 0%
Not agreed at all 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 2% 0%
In Afghanistan, ha lf of the food business participants agreed or fully agreed tha t if they had a
know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste, I w ou ld probab ly try to th row away less,
whereas 30% d id n 't disagreed and 20% d id n 't know. In Benin, all the business places agreed or
fully agreed tha t they w ou ld try to th row away less if they had know ledge on the environmental
im pac t of food waste. 84% of the Cameroonian business places agreed tha t they w o u ld try to
th row away less if they had know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste. Only 5%
disagreed w ith this idea.
In Saudi Arabia, 90% of the business places agreed tha t they w ou ld try to th row away less if they
had know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste. Once again in tha t country, none of
them disagreed w ith this idea. Of all the business places surveyed in Senegal, one-third fully
agreed, 29% agreed, 19% did not know, 14% disagreed and 5% did not agree at all tha t if they
had know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste.
In Turkey, 76% of the business places agreed tha t they w ou ld try to th row away less if they had
know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste. 24% did no t agree w ith this idea. All the
Uzbekistan food hospitality places agreed (70% fully agreed and 30% agreed) tha t if they had a
know ledge on the environmental im pac t of food waste, I w ou ld probab ly try to th row away less.
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