6th FLW Workshop, October 5 to 6th, 2022, Yogyakarta/Indonesia

In 2022 we were kindly supported by the Indonesian MACS-G20 secretariat assisted by our colleagues from the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Postharvest Research and Development (ICAPRD), Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS), Simon Fraser University, FAO Indonesia and UN Environmental Programme in co-organising the 6th Regional FLW Workshop. The target region this year included the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

The aim of the workshop was to support the exchange among regional stakeholders and enhance practical implementation with the following topics:

Recent Indonesian Initiatives to FLW
Food Waste in ASEAN
Lessons learned from ASEAN Postharvest Food Loss

The programme followed our strategy to enhance knowledge exchange and structured discussion among our participants in order to support action. First, plenary sessions provided introductory presentations which were then followed by working in groups guided by certain key questions.

After two years of pandemic-induced lack of an excursion, we were very happy that we could offer a one-day field trip to our participants. We welcomed 180 stakeholders in person and more than 320 online participants from policy makers, universities, private and public research institutions, social welfare organisations, food companies etc. from nine different countries! Indonesian media was present and reported about the workshop as well.

A summary of our discussions can be found here. Please see the agenda together with the session recordings (videos with english subtitles) and pictures below.

Wednesday, October 5^th 2022

09:00 - 09:40

Opening remarks

Mr Rajendra Aryal (FAO Representative for Indonesia and Timor Leste)

Mr Stefan Lange (Research director, Thünen Institute, Germany)

Dr Prayudi Syamsuri (Director of ICAPRD, Indonesia)

Prof. Fadjry Djufry (DG of IAARD, Indonesia)

09:40 - 09:50

Group photo and coffee break

09:50 - 10:40

Session I: Recent Indonesian G20 Initiatives to FLW

Chair person: Dr Azizah Nazala Fauzi (CIPS)

Report from International Workshop on FLW: Data Gap on FLW Measurement in G20 members and advancing FLW actions

Prof. Handewi (Substantial Team AWG G20)

Policy brief: Food Waste Minimization and Circularity for optimizing urban food system resiliance.

Ms. Kuntum Melati (Stockholm Environmental Institute)

Discussion

10:40 - 11:30

Session II: Food Waste in ASEAN

Chair person: Dr Felicitas Schneider (coordinator FLW Collaboration Initiative, Thünen Institute)

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste feat. GRASP activities

Ms Young Ran Hur (UNEP Asia Pacific) & Ms Indah Budiani

Household Food Waste - studies in Malaysia

Prof Kohei Watanabe (Teikyo University Japan)

Discussion

11:30 - 12:20

Session III: Lessons learned from ASEAN Postharvest Food loss

chair person: Dr Haryono (Binus University)

Postharvest Losses in ASEAN Region

Prof. S. Joni Munarso (Indonesian Association of Postharvest Technology Experts)

Food Loss Measurement in ASEAN Regions

Ms Carola Fabi (FAO Statistical Office, Italy)

Discussion

12:20 - 13:20

Lunch break

13:20 - 15:30

Working Group Sessions

Facilitators:

Dr Felicitas Schneider (Thünen Institute)

Mr Stefan Lange (Thünen Institute)

Ms Dewi Fatmaningrum (FAO Indonesia) - Video in Bahasa only

Prof Kohei Watanabe (Teikyo University)

Leading questions:

Which utilisation methods are common in your country to prevent food losses from wastage and which methods are currently being implemented or planned?
Are there specific burdens to implement those strategies on a large scale?
How can we improve storage techniques (both modern and traditional) to contribute to the reduction of post-harvest losses in ASEAN countries?
The opportunities and challenges of food banks in ASEAN regions.

15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 16:50	Group presentation & Closing remarks

Thursday, October 6^th 2022
08:00 - 16:00	Field Trip
	Maggoprotein Alam Indonesia Farm and packaging facility Snake Fruit in Sleman Lunch Food Bank Indonesia Winotosastro Batik Craft
18:00 - 21:00	Cultural Night hosted by Bupati Sleman

Pictures from the 6th FLW Workshop, October 5 to 6th, 2022, Yogyakarta/Indonesia

Family photo with some of the onsite FLW workshop participants.

Stefan Lange and Dr Prayudi Syamsuri, director of ICAPRD, testing the gong used for workshop opening ceremony at final rehearsal.

Dr Prayudi Syamsuri, director of ICAPRD, Stefan Lange and Prof Fadjry Djufry, director general of Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) surrounded by media representatives.

Workshop participants experiencing the exhibition stalls.

Workshop participants experiencing the exhibition stalls during coffee break.

Table display raising awareness towards conscious food consumption at lunch break.

Another table display raising awareness towards conscious food consumption at lunch break.

Onsite workshop participants attending one of the working group sessions.

Family photo with workshop contributors and organising team.

Restaurant food waste as feed input at the maggot farm.

Maggot production resulting from restaurant food waste as feed input.

Salacca fruit tree (snake fruit) visited during the field trip.

Selection of perfect snake fruit (salacca) from the conveyor belt for export.

Final quality check and certification of the salacca fruits for export.

Type of mushrooms grown on wood chips as well as sanitised food waste at the lunch break restaurant.

Another type of mushrooms grown on wood chips as well as sanitised food waste at the lunch break restaurant.

A warm welcome at the Food Bank of Indonesia in Yogyakarta.

Food Bank staff members demonstrate how donations are sorted for further distribution.

Surplus food donation sorted according to product groups by the food bank.

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Agenda and Recordings of the 6th FLW workshop