Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
The hospitality places surveyed in Uzbekistan agreed in m ajority th a t it w ou ld be very useful if
local authorities organized a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places (70%]
whereas they were only 5% to disagree. A quarter o f the respondents d id n 't know w ha t to
answer to this statement.
Table 114: Agreement with the statement "The main reason for wood waste is the behavior
of customers”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 65% 37% 25% 34% 24% 80% 25%
Agreed 35% 63% 42% 65% 48% 10% 30%
Don’t Know 0% 0% 17% 1% 14% 3% 5%
Not Agreed 0% 0% 7% 0% 14% 6% 30%
Not agreed at
all
0% 0% 10% 0% 0% 1% 10%
Table 80 indicates Afghanistan food business are divided on the question. Indeed, for short most
them (55% ) the m a in reason for wood waste is the behavior of customers, 40% disagreed or did
n o t agree a t all w ith this. In Benin, all the respondent business places though t tha t the behavior
o f the customers is the m a in reason for food waste.
In Cameroon, two-third (67% ) of the respondent business places though t tha t the behavior of
the customers is the m a in reason for food waste. 7% disagreed and 10% fully disagreed while
17% did n o t know w h a t to th in k abou t it. In Saudi Arabia, alm ost all responden t business places
(99% ) though t th a t the behavior of the customers is the m a in reason for food waste. None of
them disagreed w ith this. In Senegal, 71% of the respondent business places though t tha t the
behavior o f the customers is the m a in reason for food waste, whereas 14% d id n 't know and 14%
d id no t agree.
In Turkey, 90% o f all respondent business places though t tha t the behavior o f the customers is
the m a in reason for food waste. Uzbekistan food business are divided on the question. Indeed,
for short most them (55% ) the m a in reason for wood waste is the behavior of customers, 40%
disagreed or d id no t agree at all w ith this.
Table 115: Agreement with the statement "A national campaign on food waste would be
useful”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 100% 37% 34% 24% 48% 96% 50%
Agreed 0% 53% 46% 74% 29% 3% 15%
Don’t Know 0% 5% 13% 1% 10% 1% 25%
Not Agreed 0% 5% 4% 0% 10% 0% 5%
Not agreed at all 0% 0% 4% 0% 5% 0% 5%
The hospitality places tha t were surveyed in A fghanistan agreed (15% ) or fu lly agreed (50% ) in
m ajority tha t a national campaign on food waste w ou ld be useful, whereas only 10% disagreed
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