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Archiving Food Heritage Towards Championing Food Security: A Case Study of Lokalpedia Raymundo Jr., Allan
WIMAYA Vol. 5 No. 01 (2024)
Publisher : UNIVERSITAS PEMBANGUNAN NASIONAL VETERAN JAWA TIMUR

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Key anthropologists have previously looked into the potential of using “geographical indications” to protect localities and their products, but little has been said about the role food heritage could play in championing food security. This paper looks into the open access archive of local and endemic food stuff, Lokalpedia, that is at the forefront of championing ingredients endemic to the Philippines and advocating for their preservation, and, in extension, the livelihood of farmers, fisherfolk, and market vendors. Through social media content analysis and literature review, this paper explores and builds the case for the potential of archiving and understanding local and traditional food ingredients and local produce toward a more holistic and meaningful approach to ameliorating food insecurity. By rendering these local food products visible in both the local and global arena, it attunes communities to  foodstuff available in their localities and entices culture-savvy consumers to support local food producers.
Navigating Hunger Through Street Food: A Comparative Analysis of Food Security Policies and the Role of Informal Street Food Vending in Indonesia and the Philippines Raymundo Jr., Allan
WIMAYA Vol. 6 No. 02 (2025)
Publisher : UNIVERSITAS PEMBANGUNAN NASIONAL VETERAN JAWA TIMUR

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Hunger remains a key issue among developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. The phenomenon of hunger makes itself felt in many ways: undernutrition, decreased labor efficiency, social degeneration, and recession in physical and mental fitness on the part of the youth, among others. This article traces food insecurity issues in the region, particularly in two select cases: Indonesia and the Philippines. Although the two archipelagic countries have deep-seated similarities in terms of history, culture, economics, politics, and geography—both, notably, enjoy the geographical blessing of fertile land area that spans millions of kilometers—Indonesia and the Philippines are now charting different developmental trajectories as evident in their food security levels indicated by Global Hunger Index. Through a comparative look into their state-level policies, findings reveal that both countries emphasize the importance of food self-sufficiency albeit in varying degrees of implementation, which has led to different results in terms of food security. This article thus argues that the emphasis on mitigating the issue of hunger through trade and self-sufficiency policies tends to overlook the big role poverty plays in determining food access, to begin with. Thus, this paper, using a universalist approach, looks into the role informal economies such as street food vending play as a hyperlocal symptom (or response) to hunger.