In many countries, a lot of food is wasted. Why do people waste food? How can we reduce the amount of food waste? Give reason for your answer and include any relevant example from your knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, wasting huge amounts of

food

is a significant issue in many countries. There are many reasons why

people

do not pay attention to the volume of groceries that they

waste

. I will suggest some solutions to manage

this

issue. At

first,

the lack of education and some wrong cultural habits cause

people

to buy and store

food

and foodstuffs much more than their daily consumption, and extra cuisine gets rotten and spoiled.

For example

, in my country, Iran, some

people

are used to buying a lot of bread, and unfortunately, a lot of that bread is wasted because it is bought more than the daily requirements.

In addition

, in some countries, a large part of

food

waste

occurs during the production process until it reaches the final consumer.

This

amount of

waste

is mainly

due to

the low level of technology and knowledge in the field of groceries production and processing. To address

this

issue, one of the most important solutions is to introduce the community to the high value of groceries, by familiarising them with the methods of producing

food

products and the difficult stages of processing until it reaches the end consumer.

Moreover

, the government can take an important step in reducing

food

waste

from the beginning of the production process by updating the processing technology in the

food

industry.

For instance

, the amount of

food

waste

in traditional agriculture is several times higher than the volume of that in modern and industrial agriculture.

To sum up

, the reasons that lead

people

to

waste

food

are varied. Wrong cultural habits and low levels of

food

processing techniques are the most important reasons. Solving

this

problem, on the one hand, requires educating everyone about the value of

food

and,

on the other hand

, using new

food

processing methods and technologies that can greatly reduce the level of

food

waste

.