COMCEC

Reducing Food Waste

In the 01CMember Countries

COUNTRY CASE STUDIES AND SURVEYS

The following section provides a detailed overview ef findings generated from data gathered

from household and food service sector surveys, undertaken in:

• Afghanistan

• Benin

• Cameroon

• Saudi Arabia

• Senegal

• Turkey

• Uzbekistan

Detailed case studies are provided for Cameroon, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The other countries

listed provide insights into the variations that exist within some of the OIC Member Countries.

It is from these case studies and surveys that an indication of the extent of food waste generated,

and causes, can be generated for OIC Member Countries. It must be noted however that these

indicate practices across the Member Countries, and as they do not capture practices across all

OIC Member Countries the results cannot be used to represent OIC Member Countries as a whole

- they are an indication and provide a good illustration of the variations across the different

countries.

The extent of food waste for households and the food service sector in the countries surveyed

are presented below, and is accompanied by data which illustrates the main causes for why food

waste arises. hor full-length detailed analyses for each country see Annex 2.

6.1. M e th o d o lo g y

6 .1.1. H o u s e h o ld su rvey s

The methodology adopted for sampling households was designed by considering the urban

rural settings and economic status of households in the surveyed countries. A random sampling

method was used to select and interview households.

6 .1.2. F o o d serv ice su rvey s

The food service sector survey sample was organized according to types of food service

establishment e.g. pubs and bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels and dining halls (catering

companies]. A random sampling methodology was used to select the establishments in each

country.

6 .1.3. S u rv ey lim it a t io n s

• The representativeness of samples selected in each country were limited to the

locations where data collection activities were conducted.

• The cities listed in Table 23 were surveyed in each country and generated data is

limited in terms of representing a whole country.