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Food security is a major concern in the developing countries, food production must increase
significantly to meet future demand in a way that assures balance between the available and
limited natural resources. According to the FAO roughly one-third of the edible parts of food
produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted globally, i.e. about 1.3 billion tons per
year. Food losses and waste are generated through the whole food chain.
Changes in food consumption patterns in Egypt had implications also in terms of the amount
of food lost and/or wasted. Unfortunately, there are few data regarding food waste in Egypt.
Therefore, the current exploratory study aims to have a general overview about household
food waste in Egypt. An online survey and face-to-face interviews were conducted from
February to May 2015 with a random sample of 181 adult Egyptians representing about
64.6% female and 35.4% male. The majority of the respondents were young (59.1% are less
than 44 years old) and have high education level. Food waste is prevalent in Egypt as just
13.8% of respondents declare that they do not throw any food. Data show that food waste
increases during the fasting month of Ramadan. The most wasted food products are fruits,
vegetables, cereals and bakery products. Only 21.5% of respondents declared that the
economic value of food waste generated each month is more than 6US$. Most of Egyptian
respondents have a good understanding of food labels that is probably due to the high
education level of the sample. About 42% of respondents throw weekly at least 250 g of still
consumable food. To reduce food losses and waste in Egypt it is important to set a strategy at
all food chain levels. There is also an urgent need to raise people’s and organizations
awareness towards this problem and further exploration on food waste at lower educational
levels and poor people, which might be quite different.
Keywords: Household Food Waste, Behavioral Change, Survey, Egypt