As Nigeria and other countries in the world make efforts towards
the realization of responsible consumption goal of the Sustainable Development,
Infoprations has learnt that leftover
food is a matter of having excess and uneaten food, according to Lagos
residents.
This insight emerged on the income, education, employment,
marital status and household size perspectives of 109 residents who
participated in Infoprations’ Sustainable
Development Analysis Series. Participants who earn less than 50,000 monthly
consider leftover food as excess and uneaten food than those earn between
51,000 and 100,000. From the education perspective, Infoprations learnt that 53.2% of the residents who attained
secondary education status see leftover as excess and uneaten food than those
with higher educational status.
Analysis from the employment categories shows that 29.3% of
the residents working in the private sector regard leftover food as excess and
uneaten food than those working in the public sector (17.4%) and students
(23.9%). Surprisingly, 51.4% of the residents,
who chose single option as their marital status, see leftover as excess and
uneaten food than married participants (35.8%). On the household basis, families with 2
persons consider leftover food as excess and uneaten food than those with 1 person (9.2%) and 4 (5.5%) members.
Different from what obtainable in other countries and cities,
Lagos residents are not only share or give food because they have excess or
uneaten ones. They deliberately prepared excess food for sharing purpose. “My
grandma gives food during holidays. And we would have to share during Sallah or
family prayer sessions. She shares before the family eating or taking theirs,”
one of the residents noted.
Analysis further reveals that the residents
share leftover food with neighbours to reduce the impacts of difficult
socio-economic situations and increasing intimacy. The receivers of leftover
food feel possess and having sense of belonging while givers believe they have empowered
their neighbours, analysis suggest. Infoprations
equally learnt that national norms and values explain 50.2% of the reasons for
giving or sharing leftover food.
These insights indicate that Lagos residents could be seen as being keen into
sustainable consumption which will eventually help in food security (through
redistribution of food items). Apart from being responsible in their
consumption through sharing or giving excess and uneaten food, Lagos residents
should be seen as people adding inclusive neighbourhood to Sustainable
Development Goals, making it 18 Goals.
Concerned stakeholders
in the National Food Security Project need to appropriate both ethnic group and
national’s culture towards the attainment of the SDGs related to food security.
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