Kaduna Embarks On Anti-food Waste Campaign

The Kaduna State Government has embarked on anti-food wastes and food loss campaign to encourage people to reduce their food print.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the 2013 World Environment Day which was observed worldwide recently, the state Commissioner for Environment, Mr David Chajok, said that the food print reduction would reduce the amount of food waste.

Cajok said that it would also reduce the environmental impact of food production and help residents to save money.

The commissioner was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abubarka Yahaya.

Also speaking at the occasion, the General Manager, Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority, Alhaji Sani Aminu, noted that food production consumed a lot of resources.

“When we throw away food all these resources are squandered.

“Reducing food waste is actually simple; all we need to do is buy what we need and eat what we buy.”

Also presenting a paper entitled, “Food Preservation to save Environment by Reducing Wastages”, Hajia Adamu Maryam of the Food Technology and Rural Home Economics Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said that the campaign would only work, if the government embraced adequate food preservation.

Maryam said food preservation was a “fantastic way to stretch our budget and also help the environment and help us to live a healthier life”.

She urged government to provide access roads from farms to the markets to prevent wastages.