Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah

Food waste problems in Malaysia have increased gradually and the extent of this food waste issue raises the concern regarding its effect on the economic, social and environment. In developing countries, consumers are considered as one of the biggest sources of the food waste and the action taken to...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Karim, Ainaa Sakinah, Abdullah, Siti Hajar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Consumer behavior Consumers' preferences Consumer research Including consumer profiling
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/100982/1/100982.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.1009822024-08-24T17:30:58Z Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah 2019 Abdul Karim, Ainaa Sakinah Abdullah, Siti Hajar Consumer behavior. Consumers' preferences. Consumer research. Including consumer profiling Food waste problems in Malaysia have increased gradually and the extent of this food waste issue raises the concern regarding its effect on the economic, social and environment. In developing countries, consumers are considered as one of the biggest sources of the food waste and the action taken to reduce any food waste need to consider this group. To have a clear understanding, the objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention by highlighting the factors of knowledge and attitude. Quantitative research was done by distribution of questionnaire. Convenience sampling was used and a total of 175 respondents were randomly selected from consumers that came to Bazaar Ramadhan and Kuala Dungun market. SPSS version 24 was used for the data analysis. Descriptive analysis, correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the results. Findings from the results show that the knowledge and attitude have significant relationship towards the consumer’s food waste prevention. Further research should focus on exploring the best practices that can be done, most notably on the management and practices of the consumer at home as they post-purchased the food. Overall, as the level of knowledge increases, it will also affect the consumer to have a better attitude. Thus, leads to a better food waste prevention. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/100982/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/100982/1/100982.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Hotel & Tourism Management Ramli, Noorazlin
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Ramli, Noorazlin
topic	Consumer behavior Consumers' preferences Consumer research Including consumer profiling
spellingShingle	Consumer behavior Consumers' preferences Consumer research Including consumer profiling Abdul Karim, Ainaa Sakinah Abdullah, Siti Hajar Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah
description	Food waste problems in Malaysia have increased gradually and the extent of this food waste issue raises the concern regarding its effect on the economic, social and environment. In developing countries, consumers are considered as one of the biggest sources of the food waste and the action taken to reduce any food waste need to consider this group. To have a clear understanding, the objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention by highlighting the factors of knowledge and attitude. Quantitative research was done by distribution of questionnaire. Convenience sampling was used and a total of 175 respondents were randomly selected from consumers that came to Bazaar Ramadhan and Kuala Dungun market. SPSS version 24 was used for the data analysis. Descriptive analysis, correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the results. Findings from the results show that the knowledge and attitude have significant relationship towards the consumer’s food waste prevention. Further research should focus on exploring the best practices that can be done, most notably on the management and practices of the consumer at home as they post-purchased the food. Overall, as the level of knowledge increases, it will also affect the consumer to have a better attitude. Thus, leads to a better food waste prevention.
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title	Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah
title_short	Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah
title_full	Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah
title_fullStr	Factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / Ainaa Sakinah Abdul Karim and Siti Hajar Abdullah
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title_sort	factors affecting consumer’s food waste prevention / ainaa sakinah abdul karim and siti hajar abdullah
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu
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