Youth’s Support Against Food Loss and Waste in Indonesia
Jakarta, 27 November 2021, The Creative Video & Photo Story Competition titled “Rethinking Food Waste, Exploring Opportunities” - a collaboration project between the Netherlands Embassy to Indonesia and Ecoxyztem, has concluded by awarding the winners of the competition. The competition was conducted for one month since 23 October 2021 and received participations of students at high school and universities level from all over the country, inter alia Aceh, cities of Palembang, Jombang, Bogor, and Purwokerto. Participants of the awarding ceremony expressed their enthusiasm to jointly echo the needs to solve Food Loss and Waste (FLW) problems through video and photo campaigns.
Ana Saleh, Senior Policy Advisor for Agriculture, Fishery, Food, and Forestry at the Netherlands Embassy in Indonesia expressed the appreciation of the Netherlands Embassy for the collaboration and the submissions of the candidates: “the Netherlands Embassy is delighted to collaborate with Ecoxyztem in the fight against FLW, both the losses in upstream level and those that have passed through the food supply chain – what is called waste. There are so many stories behind the submitted photos and videos. It really inspires us to consider the next steps, whereas at the same time there is a crucial need to continue the campaigns against Food Loss and Waste to schools and grass roots."
The FLW is like an iceberg phenomenon. Enough attention is given and many initiatives are invented to inorganic waste, such as plastic, aluminum, glasses etc. Meanwhile the organic waste, especially generated from FLW, remains lacking. The data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the largest composition of waste produced in Indonesia is organic (60%) with the majority coming from household (37.39%). Seeing this data, it is very important for all society elements in Indonesian to start FLW management initiatives begun with the immediate environment at home. "According to research on food waste conducted by Bappenas, UNDP and Waste4Change from 2000 to 2019, Indonesia has potential losses of around 213 - 500 trillion rupiah per year due to food waste problems. The collaboration between Ecoxyztem and the Netherlands Embassy to Indonesia, an evidence of SDGs-17’s partnerships, more massive impact will be expected to offer solutions to environmental problems compared to the pace of environmental problems itself.” said Bijaksana Junerosano, Founder of Greeneration Group in his remarks.
Creative Video and Photo Story Competition have successfully created prospective content creators on environmental issues at the high school and university levels. The favorite winner is elected from voting on social media Instagram and YouTube @ecoxyztem, while main winners are assessed by the group of reputable judges, inter alia from representatives of the Netherlands Embassy and journalists from well-known media in Indonesia. The following are winners of the Creative Video and Photo Story Video Competition:
Favorite Winners
- Asy-Syifa Syaharani from Universitas Syiah Kuala Banda Aceh (Photo Story)
- Amanda Puti Jasmine from Institut Pertanian Bogor (Creative Video)
Main Winners (Photo Story)
- 1st Winner: Miftahudin Mulfi from UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung,
- 1st Runner Up: Jemima Mantiri From Erasmus University Rotterdam
- 2nd Runner Up: Fransiska Kharin Omega from Universitas Katolik Musi Charitas Palembang
Main Winners (Creative Video)
- 1st Winner: Amanda Puti Jasmine from Institut Pertanian Bogor
- 1st Runner Up: Indira Aqsha Maria from President University
- 2nd Runner Up: Helmi Musyaffa' Akmal from Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
All winners will receive scholarships with a total value of 15 million rupiah; and for the first winner of each category will enter into X-SEED mentoring program from Ecoxyztem. “We are very proud and happy with the enthusiasm shown by young people from all over Indonesia to solve environmental problems through the creative social media contents. Next, we will start the X-SEED collaboration program, namely capacity building for students to be able to develop and actualize their ideas through a start-up business, with the main goal of creating more solutions to overcome the problem of food waste.” Andreas Pandu Wirawan, CCO of Ecoxyztem.
Awarding ceremony of creative video and photo story competition is available in youtube of Ecoxyztem.
About Ecoxyztem
Ecoxyztem is a Venture Builder or Sandbox for Climate Tech solution startups and environmental problems. It helps early-stage ecopreneurs build their startups and help develop their solutions to go-to-market stage. Currently, Ecoxyztem works with more than 120 ecopreneurs in Indonesia, 15 alumni Launchpad startups, and 5 portfolios including Waste4Change, Ravel ware, and Tech Prom Lab.
Contact Ecoxyztem :
Ratna Ningrum Sudaryo, Communications and Brand Manager Ecoxyztem, Phone : +62 812-9900-4055 or email to Hello@Ecoxyztem.com or contact the Agriculture Department in Jakarta, Indonesia for further inquiries or questions, JAK-LNV@minbuza.nl
