STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF FOOD SURPLUS REDISTRIBUTION INITIATIVES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF FOOD BANKS IN JAKARTA AND BANDUNG

• Main Author: Imanuel Tjandra, Marcelinus
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/63202
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Food waste is an urgent problem to be solved, considering its bad environmental impact and landfills in the study area are nearing full capacity. Part of food waste, namely excess food that is still fit to be eaten, is still wasted even though food insecurity and malnutrition are still a problem in the study area. The emergence of community food redistribution initiatives in the form of food banks in Indonesian urban areas is a topic that needs attention in urban sustainable development. This is because food banks try to solve the problem of SDG 2 on hunger elimination and SDG 12.3 on halving food waste by bridging excess food to people in need. The analysis used in this paper is qualitative analysis to explore and understand the meaning of the phenomenon that occured. Based on the analysis, the development of food banks in the study area is in accordance with existing policies, the pattern of food banks in the study area is similar to the pattern of food banks in the literature, and food banks have contributed to the achievement of SDG 2 and SDG 12.3 to a limited extent. The results show that food banks can be integrated into the food waste management system as an alternative to the current approach. However, given the criticism and limitations of food banks in overcoming hunger, policies related to food banks need to be accompanied by strengthening the existing social security system and emphasizing the principle of human rights to proper food in food bank activities.