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CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE WASTE AMONG CONSUMERS IN VOJVODINA

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dc.contributor.author Ubiparip Samek, Dragana
dc.contributor.author Pezo, Lato
dc.contributor.author Mastilović, Jasna
dc.contributor.author Kovač, Renata
dc.contributor.author Zoranović, Tihomir
dc.contributor.author Vlahović, Branislav
dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-12T11:15:30Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-12T11:15:30Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06
dc.identifier.citation Samek, D. U. (2022). Correspondence analysis of fruit and vegetable waste among consumers in Vojvodina. Food and Feed Research, 49(1), 1-9. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2217-5660
dc.identifier.uri http://oa.fins.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/189
dc.description.abstract Fresh fruit and vegetables contribute to almost 50% of food wasted by households in the EU. To understand the main reasons for wasteful behaviour among the consumers in Vojvodina (Serbia) cross-sectional data were collected through a self-administrated online survey of 711 correspondents. The questions presented in the study focused on the method of preserving the fruits and vegetables in domestic conditions before their consumption. Self-estimation of wasteful behaviour in the household and socio-demographic factors, including the respondents' self-estimated health status, were analysed using the correspondence analysis. The results showed that the first two dimensions explained for 95.06% of the total per cent of inertia (statistically significant at p<0.001 level) indicating the strong relationship among variables. According to the survey, the fruit and vegetables are most likely used fresh (54.43% and 48.95%, respectively), whereas the use of fruits and vegetables after storage in a refrigerator (17.16% and 29.96%, respectively) or in a deep freezer (2.81% or 5.20%, respectively) is significantly lower. Most of the survey correspondents claimed that they regularly discard the fruits and vegetables to waste (53.02% and 39.66%, respectively). The results pointed out that the storage and the amounts of discarded waste are affected by gender, income, and health conditions of the respondents’. Also, the study emphasized the growing need for educating and better planning of fresh fruit and vegetable management to reduce waste production. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technolo-gical Development (Serbia) under the Agre-ement on the Implementation and Financing of Research of the Institute of Food Technology (No.451-03-9/2021-14/200222). en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad en_US
dc.relation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MESTD/inst-2020/200222/RS//
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject fruit waste en_US
dc.subject vegetable waste en_US
dc.subject fruit storage en_US
dc.subject vegetable storage en_US
dc.subject wasteful behaviour en_US
dc.title CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE WASTE AMONG CONSUMERS IN VOJVODINA en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85153379169
dc.identifier.doi 10.5937/ffr49-34918


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