التحليل المكاني لظاهرة الهدر في الغذاء وعلاقته بخصائص السكان في مدينة الحويجة

Abstract

Countries care about food security and sustainability in order to create a safe and stable environment for the population to enjoy. One of the phenomena that is spreading in the Iraqi society in general and the society of the study area in particular is food waste and extravagance, which affects human development and food sustainability. The amounts of food waste, which constitute most of the population's food staples for three main items: bread, rice and vegetables, reached (695.4) tons annually in 2023.

These are large quantities from which we can conclude that the average waste 78 kg/family and for the general population the average will be 14.4 kg/person. This requires spreading religious and cultural awareness to avoid wasting thousands of tons at the governorate level and may be millions of tons at the level of Iraq, especially since the limits of this research were represented by a small spatial unit, which is the city of Hawija, whose population represents only (2.7%) of the total population of Kirkuk Governorate.