Foodstuffs Wastage in the Czech society

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F14%3A68212" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/14:68212 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

—

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

—

Result language

čeština

Original language name

Foodstuffs Wastage in the Czech society

Original language description

Food wastage is the cause of environmental and ethical problems and expenditures in economic and social domain, what brings challenges on the internal markets, both to the producers as well as to consumers. Restriction of the wastage is an important starting step not only in the fight against hunger in the World, but also for population nutrition improvement. Restriction of foodstuffs wastage could bring about more efficient soil utilization and better water resources management. The growing world population further deepens the environmental impact of food wastage. The article analyzes the attitude of Czech households to food wastage. The supporting data were gathered via questionnaires, the results were evaluated using the statistical methods of qualitative data analysis. Nearly one half of responding households estimated the amount of food thrown to the municipal waste to equal 100 kg/year/person. Better approach to food wastage issues was recorded in case of urban households. In general the Czech

Czech name

Foodstuffs Wastage in the Czech society

Czech description

Food wastage is the cause of environmental and ethical problems and expenditures in economic and social domain, what brings challenges on the internal markets, both to the producers as well as to consumers. Restriction of the wastage is an important starting step not only in the fight against hunger in the World, but also for population nutrition improvement. Restriction of foodstuffs wastage could bring about more efficient soil utilization and better water resources management. The growing world population further deepens the environmental impact of food wastage. The article analyzes the attitude of Czech households to food wastage. The supporting data were gathered via questionnaires, the results were evaluated using the statistical methods of qualitative data analysis. Nearly one half of responding households estimated the amount of food thrown to the municipal waste to equal 100 kg/year/person. Better approach to food wastage issues was recorded in case of urban households. In general the Czech

Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

—

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA403%2F06%2F1308" target="_blank" >GA403/06/1308: Citizens' Participation in Public Life in Rural Municipalities in CR</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of SOCIOINT14- International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, http://www.ocerint.org/index.php/digital-library

ISBN

978-605-64453-1-6

ISSN

—

e-ISSN

—

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

99-109

Publisher name

OCERINT- International Organization Center of Academic Research

Place of publication

Istanbul, Turkey

Event location

Istanabul, Turkey

Event date

Sep 8, 2014

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

978-605-64453-1