AMMAN — Minister of Agriculture
Khaled Al-Hneifat said on Monday that a number of social practices lead to the
accumulation of food waste in the Kingdom, stressing the role of recycling and
distribution in dealing with surplus food, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
The minister was speaking during a meeting with UN
World Food Program Representative
Alberto Correia Mendes and UN Food and
Agriculture Organization Representative Nabil Assaf to discuss the ministry’s
“No food waste” initiative.
Hneifat noted that, against the backdrop of the
global climate crisis and food scarcity, 40 percent of food in Jordan is
wasted.
The Kingdom should avoid wasting food through the
available opportunities to recycle, enhance distribution, develop clear
frameworks, and conduct studies on the issue.
This coincides with the ministry’s comprehensive
campaign across the media and in schools, universities, mosques, churches,
clubs, associations, and digital platforms to create a new culture around food
and end practices that lead to food waste.
Going forward, the initiative requires partnerships
with ministries, official institutions, associations, and clubs as well as
international organizations, in order to expand the initiative and successfully
reduce waste.
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