Open AccessThe Raising Concern of Food Waste and Food Loss in Indonesia to Achieve a Sustainable Consumption
Author(s) -
Agung Ayu Putri Kinanti,
Tahnia C Heidra,
Yunita Ismail Masjud
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
firm journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-3473
pISSN - 2527-5852
DOI - 10.33021/firm.v6i2.1164
Subject(s) - food waste , government (linguistics) , business , agricultural economics , consumption (sociology) , food safety , sustainable agriculture , food processing , natural resource economics , economic growth , agriculture , engineering , economics , geography , political science , waste management , food science , social science , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , sociology , chemistry , law
The effect of food waste and food loss is more severe than other recent environmental issues such as plastic usage. Every year, Indonesia needs a 19 million kilos food supply, yet 1.3 billion tons per year being wasted and lost, which affects the value of food and production itself and hazardous to the environment. It is estimated yearly, food waste producing 3.3 billion tons of CO 2 and wasted 1.4 billion hectares of ripe land for vain. Globally, many individuals, organizations, and governments in several countries campaign to raise awareness to face this problem, including Indonesia. With the government's help, many organizations encounter this environmental issue by online media approach, physical campaign, encouraging households to reduce food loss by giving knowledge, and many more. They are reflecting other countries also become one of the ideas that can be implemented by society.