Food loss and food waste in a central province of Thailand: Dataset from 15 subdistricts in Saraburi Province|食品浪费数据集|农业损失数据集

Saraburi, a central province of Thailand, is considered a good agricultural area due to its location on the Pasak River's bank. A survey on household food waste and agricultural loss was conducted in 15 subdistricts from 7 districts in Saraburi from July 1st -26th, 2022. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data. 4006 data sets were collected. The size, occupation, and amount of food waste of 4006 households are reported as raw data. 741 households with farming as their primary occupation were filtered from this group. The farm area and the quantity of agricultural losses are displayed as raw data. Included are analyzed data on food waste in relation to family size and occupation. The analyzed data shows the farm area that creates agricultural losses for each farm type. The data can be used for strategic food waste reduction, agricultural loss reduction, and utilization planning. Data, raw and processed, are presented as follows: Table 1 Food loss from farm. Data from 15 subdistricts in Saraburi Province, Thailand. Data was collected from July 1-26, 2022. This table contains raw data with the respondents’ identities removed. Data are from 4006 households in Saraburi Province. Table 2 Food waste from 4006 households in 15 subdistricts in Saraburi Province, Thailand. Data was collected from July 1-26, 2022. This table contains raw data with the respondents’ identities removed. Data are from 741 farmer households in Saraburi Province. Table 3 Type, number, and area of farms in each farm type. Data from 741 farms in 15 subdistricts of Saraburi Province, Thailand. This table contains the number of farms and farm area in square kilometers for different farm types. Table 4 Area of farms that generates food loss. Data from 741 farms in 15 subdistricts of Saraburi Province, Thailand. The table shows the distribution of farm area with respect to the amount of food loss the farm generates. The data is categorized based on farm type. Table 5 Number of farms that generate food loss. The data is categorized based on farm type and food loss level. Data from 741 farms in 15 subdistricts of Saraburi Province, Thailand. The table shows the distribution of the number of farms with respect to the amount of food loss the farm generates. The data is categorized based on farm type. Table 6 Number of farms using different food loss management methods. Data from 741 farms in 15 subdistricts of Saraburi Province, Thailand. The table shows the number of farm that uses different food loss management methods. The data is categorized based on different level of food losses. Table 7 Occupation, family size, and number of households that generate food waste in each waste level. The data is categorized based on occupation and family size. Data from 4006 households in 15 subdistricts of Saraburi Province, Thailand. The table shows the distribution of the number of households with respect to food waste level, occupation, and family size.