Quantitative wastage of food:
1. Wrong methods of farming like hand sowing of, its seeds, inadequate threshing, improper storage and wrong methods of distribution are some reasons for quantitative wastage of food.
2. Besides, much food is wasted as a result of the custom of offering and serving too much food to guests at traditional feasts or banquets.
3. Had it not been wasted, all this food could have met the need of many others Qualitative wastage of food: Using wrong methods of protecting food, excessive use of food preservatives, over-cooking, washing the vegetables after cutting them, mishandling of fruits like grapes and mangoes, miscalculation of the time required to transport food from producers to consumers, are some of the causes of quantitative wastage of food.
