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Knowledge, attitude and practice on food waste management among food vendors in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor


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M. N., Naim and Abdul Rahman, Haliza (2020) Knowledge, attitude and practice on food waste management among food vendors in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 16 (suppl. 11). pp. 118-127. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346

Abstract

Introduction: Malaysian produced about 38,000 tons of waste per day in 2017, and 15,000 tons of it was food waste. Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of food waste management among food vendors in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang. Methods: Universal sampling has been conducted to the respondents who are all food vendors under UPM Holdings provision. In this study, a modified questionnaire has distributed online to 37 food vendors. Fisher’s Exact test was applied to determine the association among variables. Results: All respondents in UPM had a moderate level of knowledge, attitude, and practice on food waste management. The results highlighted that attendance in food waste management training has a significant association with food waste management (p <0.05, p=0.034). Conclusion: This study’s information has indicated that a food waste management training program is needed, in which UPM could cooperate with organisations to improve food waste management.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Food waste management; Food vendors
Depositing User: Mohamad Jefri Mohamed Fauzi
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2021 21:35
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2021 21:35
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90209
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