Analyzing the issue of food waste in Hungary

Popova Vera (2021) Analyzing the issue of food waste in Hungary. Külkereskedelmi Kar.

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Based on the research of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one-third of the total food produced in the world is wasted that would otherwise be adequate for human consumption (Gustavsson et al., 2011). It is estimated that by 2050 our food supply chain will become irreversibly damaged and we will no longer be able to sustain the world’s population (Bajželj, 2014). With the global population rapidly increasing year by year, our food reservoirs are seemingly decreasing, whereas in reality the amount of food that is produced could feed everyone; the issue is that a lot of it ends up as food waste. These factors call for a fast and effective way to be introduced to distribute the already existing food supply and come up with ways to reduce and reutilize food waste. Food waste includes all the products that are considered adequate for human consumption but are discarded, regardless of whether the food has expired or not (FUSIONS, 2016). Since the start of COVID-19 related restrictions from the beginning of 2020, people have become increasingly aware of how much they spend on food, and how much food they waste in their homes. As many people have been laid off or have experienced decreased working hours, they need to focus more on what they spend their earnings on. In my research, I looked at how food waste is handled on an individual level, and what affects the amount of food waste produced by people. During my secondary research, I came across some articles and researches that had a lot of conflicting data on how much food waste is produced in Hungary and in the world. This is because the subject of food waste is very hard to be researched and getting accurate results is almost impossible: most researches are based on the participants’ own opinions and estimations, thus there is no option for an unbiased approach. Because of these conflicting results and lack of information on the subject, I created a questionnaire that included 18 questions related to people’s grocery shopping habits, eating habits, and food waste habits. This questionnaire allowed me to look at the main causes of food waste produced on a household level based on the opinion of the participants, and potential solutions for reducing the created food waste, such as planning your grocery shopping in advance, cooking smaller meals in general, and purchasing less food more often.

Intézmény

Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem

Kar

Külkereskedelmi Kar

Tanszék

Nemzetközi Gazdaságtan Tanszék

Tudományterület/tudományág

NEM RÉSZLETEZETT

Szak

Nemzetközi gazdálkodás

Mű típusa:	diplomadolgozat (NEM RÉSZLETEZETT)
Kulcsszavak:	élelmiszer-pazarlás, élelmiszeripar, fenntartható fejlődés, fenntarthatóság, gazdasági fejlődés, Magyarország, SPSS
SWORD Depositor:	Archive User
Felhasználói azonosító szám (ID):	Archive User
Rekord készítés dátuma:	2021. Szep. 21. 15:28
Utolsó módosítás:	2021. Szep. 21. 15:56

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