3rd FLW Workshop, October 2019, Tokyo/Japan

The "International Workshop on Food Loss and Waste Prevention targeting Southeast and East Asian region" as third event of the series took place in Tokyo from October 16th to 18th, 2019. It was implemented together with UN Environment’s programme of regional capacity building workshops on FLW and the FAO´s World Food Day 2019. The organisation team included the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan as the presidency holder of 2019 MACS-G20, FAO Japan, UN Environment and Thünen Institute.

The aim of the workshop was to support the delivery of SDG Target 12.3, halving food waste at retail and consumer level, and reducing food loss across the supply chain as well as to facilitate the cooperation and network building among countries in Asia with respect to sharing knowledge and experiences in measuring and reducing FLW at all levels. It provided guidance on setting baselines and measuring progress on FLW, defining a national strategy on FLW reduction, developing effective actions targeting households and the supply chain, and using FLW to raise ambition on greenhouse gas reduction in the 2020 Nationally Determined Contributions revision.

In total, 78 participants from Japan, Singapore, China, Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and Germany as well as from FAO and UNEP attended the workshop at United Nations University Headquarters (UNU Centre, Tokyo). A workshop summary is provided to the public for further inspiration and networking.

Please find the presentations as links embedded to the following agenda.

October 16^th, 2019
14:30 - 17:30	Excursion To Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.
18:00 – 19:20	Symposium as World Food Day Event organised by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Food Program (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
19:30 – 20:50	Welcome reception organised by FAO, IFAD, WFP and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) with contribution of Mr. Nakamura (FAO National Goodwill Ambassador for Japan)

October 17^th, 2019 (Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall, 5th floor) chair: Mr. Shunichi Honda (UNEP)
9:00 - 09:30	Welcome address by Mr. Yoshihisa Hishinuma (Director-General, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, MAFF/Japan) Mr. Masa Iwanaga (Chair of 2019 MACS-G20/Japan) Mr. Shunichi Honda (Programme Officer, International Environmental Technology Centre/UNEP) Mr. Charles Boliko (FAO LOJ Director) Mr. Stefan Lange (Research Director of Thünen Institute/Germany)
09:30 – 09:50	Keynote speech“Background of the Promulgation of the Act on Promotion of Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Japan” by Ms. Toshiko Takeya, Member of the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan; Secretary-General of the Parliamentary League for reducing food loss and supporting food banks
09:50 – 11:20	Session 1: FLW measurement and reporting “SDG 12.3 and the Food Waste Index” (Ms. Clementine O´Connor/UNEP) "Definition and subcategories of food waste" (Ms. Tomoko Okayama, Taisho University/Japan) “Food losses and food waste in China: A first estimate” (Ms. Chong Li, China Chain Store & Franchise Association /China)
11:20 – 11:35	Coffee break
11:35 – 13:05	Session 2: Household Food Waste “The Myth of Best-Before dates - Possible Countermeasures to Reduce Food Loss and Waste” (Ms. Rumi Ide, CEO of office 3.11, inc. and Journalist/Japan) "Review of household food waste sorting analyses in Japan" (Mr. Hajime Yamakawa, Kyoto Prefectural University/Japan) interactive session lead by Mr. Kohei Watanabe, Teikyo University/Japan, Mr. Hajime Yamakawa, Kyoto Prefectural University/Japan, Ms. Tomoko Okayama, Taisho University/Japan
13:05 - 13:15	Group photo
13:15 - 14:00	Lunch

October 17^th, 2019 (Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall, 5th floor)
chair: Ms. Anuda Tawatsin (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment/Thailand)
14:00 – 15:30	Session 3: Legal challenges and policy options "Legal and policy framework on food waste in Japan and consequences in practice" (Mr. Tomio Kobayashi, Aichi Institute of Technology/Japan) “Legal compliance with FLW prevention in hotel and resorts business” (Ms. Jie Zhao, SANDS/Macao, link to Sustainability Report 2018 on pages 9, 10, 12, 20, 23 and 27) “Legal compliance and Implementation of the Circular Economy for Food Waste Reduction & Handling in Macao and Hong Kong” (Mr. Warren Man Ho Li, Ultra Clean Waste Services Limited/Macao)
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
chair: Mr. Kohei Watanabe (Teikyo University/Japan)
16:00 - 17:00	Session 4: poster session venue: Committee Room 2+3 (next to Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall) “Utilisation of food waste to animal feed – the example of ecofeed” (Mr. Tomoyuki Kawashima/University of Miyazaki/Japan) “Hydrothermal decomposition changes food waste to liquid fertilizer” (Mr. Kiyoshi Ozawa/Meiji University/Japan) “Demonstration objects foldable doggy bags” – (Mr. Tomio Kobayashi/Aichi Institute of Technology/Japan) “EcoBuy – food waste reduction at consumer and retailer” (NTT Docomo/Japan) “Productivity improvement project using weather and demand forecasting” (Japan Weather Association/Japan) “Recycling system for Food loss and waste in rural community” (Ms. Tomoko Ichida, Meiji University/Japan) “Utilisation of food waste to livestock feed” (Mr. Koichi Takahashi, Japan Food Ecology Center/Japan) “Reducing food loss and waste in Japan” (Ms. Hiroko Miura and Mr. Yuji Sato, MAFF/Japan) Participants will split into smaller groups and attend first a 5 minutes presentation directly at the poster of their interest before detailed discussion with poster contributors start.
17:00 – 18:30	Session 5: Post-harvest losses – challenges and perspectives in East and Southeast Asian countries initial presentation: “Research overview of technologies to smartize the whole food value chain to contribute the prevention of food loss” (Mr. Yutaka Ishikawa, NARO/Japan) presentations for group working: “Horticultural Chain Management in South-East Asian Countries” (Ms. Rosa Rolle, Nutrition and Food Systems Division/FAO) “Food Loss Indicator” (Ms. Carola Fabi, Statistics Division/FAO)

October 18^th, 2019 (Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall, 5th floor)
chair: Mr. Stefan Lange (Thünen Institute/Germany)
09:00 - 09:30	Session 6: Adressing Food Waste in the food service sector initial presentation: “Survey on methods to reduce food loss and waste for sports events” (Ms. Hiroko Miura, MAFF/Japan) presentations for group working: “Experiences of FLW prevention in Chinese restaurants” (Mr. Xueyou Chu, Inner Mongolia XiBei Catering Group Co., Ltd/China) “Semi-automatic recording of FW in restaurants” (Mr. Maxime Pourrat, Winnow Solutions/Singapore)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	Session 7: National Stategies on Food Loss and Waste "Elements for national strategies on FLW" (Ms. Clementine O´Connor/UNEP) "Thai Strategy on FLW" (Ms. Anuda Tawatsin, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment/Thailand)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
chair: Mr. Kohei Watanabe (Teikyo University/Japan)
13:30 – 14:30	Session 8: Facilitating cooperation and network building on Food Loss and Waste in the region "APEC regional network on FLW" (Ms. Ching-Cheng Chang, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica/Taiwan; Coordinator of the APEC-FLOWS Initiative on Food loss and waste) Facilitated discussion on what is needed to strengthen regional cooperation on FLW in Asia.
14:30 – 15:00	Wrap up and closing remarks by organising partners (MAFF, UNEP, FAO, Thünen Institute)

Pictures from 3rd FLW Workshop, October 2019, Tokyo/Japan

Group photo with excursion participants at Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.

The participants of the excursion are receiving information on the MAP technology and the advantages for shelf-life of packaged food items.

Participants watch out for micro holes in plastic film.

Demonstration objects to compare the impact of different packaging options on specific food items at Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.

Mr. Charles Boliko, director at FAO Liaison Office Japan, welcomes the participants at the World Food Day Event.

Mr. Nakamura who is FAO National Goodwill Ambassador for Japan explains his professional point of view towards prevention of food waste.

Participants enjoying the welcome reception while the No-Foodloss project stickers on the tables remembers to finish everything on the plate.

Stakeholders from Japan, Singapore, China, Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and Germany as well as from Food and Agriculture Organisation and United Nations Environmental Program discussed Food loss and waste topics at the workshop in Tokyo. — Stakeholders from Japan, Singapore, China, Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and Germany as well as from FAO and UNEP discussed Food loss and waste topics at the workshop in Tokyo.

Ms. Toshiko Takeya, Member of the House of Councillors as well as Secretary-General of the Parliamentary League for reducing food loss and supporting food banks, contributed with a keynote speech.

Ms. Kae Mihara (FAO Japan), Mr. Kazuhiko Shimada (MAFF), Ms. Toshiko Takeya (Member of House of Councilors) and chairman Mr. Stefan Lange (Thünen Institute) at beginning of a session.

Ms. Dr. Tomoko Okayama from Taisho University explains the interactive sorting analysis to one of the six working groups.

Discussions on the individual classification of tricky food items in the course of the interactive sorting analysis showed cultural differences and preferences of the represented countries also in the working group facilitated by Mr. Dr. Hajime Yamakawa from Kyoto Prefectural University.

Prof. Dr. Tomoyuki Kawashima from Faculty of Agriculture Miyazaki University informed the participants towards the "Utilisation of food waste to animal feed – the example of ecofeed".

A collection of colorful and practicable doggy bags was provided by Mr. Dr. Tomio Kobayashi from Aichi Institute of Technology together with useful information on how to use doggy bags.

The poster “EcoBuy – food waste reduction at consumer and retailer” presented by Ms. Mizue Akaishi from NTT Docomo informed about the developed app targeting consumers.

“Productivity improvement and FW prevention using advanced weather and demand forecasting” was content of the poster presented by Ms. Emiko Koga from Japan Weather Association.

Prof. Dr. Tomoko Ichida from Meiji University informed about “The utilization of Organic wastes in Rural Area”.

Japan Ecology Center, represented by Mr. Dr. Koichi Takahashi, provided information related to “Utilisation of food waste to livestock feed” for the participants.

The poster “Reducing food loss and waste in Japan” was provided by Ms. Hiroko Miura and Mr. Yuji Sato from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan.

The poster session provided room for detailed discussions on further FLW prevention as well as utilization and recycling options and individual contact among international participants.

Mr. Stefan Lange, Research Coordinator at Thünen Institute, thanked Ms. Toshiko Takeya, Member of the House of Councillors, for her valuable participation in the FLW workshop and presentated German specialities.

In the course of session 6, the participants discussed in small working groups how to address FW prevention in the food service sector in East and Southeast Asia.

Ms. Clementine O´Connor from United Nations Environmental Program explains the tasks for the following working group section to the participants. — Ms. Clementine O´Connor from UNEP explains the tasks for the following working group section to the participants.

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Agenda of the 3rd FLW workshop