Measuring Food Loss for SDG 12.3.1a: Indonesia’s Experience
Abstract
Despite the strategic importance of the SDG 12.3.1a indicator, the Food Loss Index (FLI), for strengthening food security, most countries, including Indonesia, have not yet produced official measurements of this indicator. To address this gap, and with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Statistics Indonesia has initiated the development of an FLI using data from the Distribution Channel Survey. Leveraging existing data represents a cost-efficient strategy that maximizes data reuse while minimizing the financial and logistical demands of conducting new large-scale data collection. This paper examines the technical methodologies used to analyze these data for FLI calculation, the associated challenges and strategies for index construction, and potential improvements to the survey design to more comprehensively capture food loss information.