Urban Stakeholder Analysis for Food Waste Prevention and Reduction in Sri Lanka August 2021 1 Authors: Mohamed Aheeyar, Nilanthi Jayathilake, Ayomi Bandara, Camelia Bucatariu, Maren Reitemeier, and Pay Drechsel Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions made by all the stakeholders at various discussions and sharing data and information. Services rendered by IWMI research intern Saumya Amarakoon is highly appreciated. This report is prepared under the FAO funded project on “Innovative approaches to reduce, recycle and reuse Food waste in urban Sri Lanka” that was implemented under the oversight of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) from June 2019 to August 2021. Thanks also go to CGIAR research program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2 Contents Acronyms 4 List of figures ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. Context ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Objectives and methodology ................................................................................................................................... 8 4. Overview of the political and administrative system .............................................................................................. 9 5. Analysis of food production governance and its main stakeholders .................................................................... 10 6. State and non-state actors in food and bio-waste management ......................................................................... 13 7. Stakeholder analysis in selected Municipality Council areas ................................................................................ 15 Colombo Municipality ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Sri Jayewardenepura - Kotte Municipality ............................................................................................................. 17 Kaduwela Municipal Council .................................................................................................................................. 17 Moratuwa Municipal Council................................................................................................................................. 17 Negombo Municipal Council.................................................................................................................................. 18 Kandy Municipal Council ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Galle Municipality .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Jaffna Municipality ................................................................................................................................................. 19 Kurunegala Municipality ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Batticoloa Municipality .......................................................................................................................................... 20 8. Concluding remarks ............................................................................................................................................... 21 9. References ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 10. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Cover Photo- Food waste in a retail vegetable stall (Photo credit: M. Reitemeier/IWMI) 3 Acronyms SDG 12.3 Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 CMC Colombo Municipal Council DOA Department of Agriculture KMC Kandy Municipal Council LA Local Authority MC Municipal Council MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoH Ministry of Health MSW Municipal Solid Waste PC Provincial Council List of figures Figure 1 Major components of Innovative approaches to reduce, recycle and reuse FW in urban Sri Lanka project ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 3 Identified urban state and non-state stakeholders’ groups .................................................................... 8 Figure 4 The food-use-not waste hierarchy (adapted from HLPE 2014), on the left, compared with current food waste management practice in the selected urban study area in Sri Lanka, on the right .................................... 9 Figure 2 Administrative and political structures .................................................................................................. 10 Figure 5 Sri Lanka, main institutions handling the food production sector activities at the national level, 2019 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 6 Institutional linkages of the Regulatory agencies of the central government and provincial administration on food control and waste management in Sri Lanka ................................................................ 14 Figure 7 Locations of the selected Municipality areas......................................................................................... 16 4 Annexes Annex 1 Roles and mandates of the key government agencies working with food production ........................ 24 Annex 2 Private sector players in food production, manufacturing, and marketing .......................................... 27 Annex 3 Major supermarket chains in the country ............................................................................................. 30 Annex 4 Major Restaurant chains in the country ................................................................................................ 31 Annex 5 Major National level NGOs and civil societies working on food production, distribution, marketing and waste prevention, minimization, and management ............................................................................................ 32 Annex 6 Role and mandates of central and provincial agencies for (bio-)waste ................................................ 35 Annex 7 Demographic features of the selected Municipality Council areas....................................................... 38 Annex 8 Colombo: major private actors .............................................................................................................. 39 Annex 9 Colombo: service providing institutions – public and private ............................................................... 40 Annex 10 Colombo: regulatory actors and other government/private organizations responsible for food waste generation and management .............................................................................................................................. 42 Annex 11 Colombo: major traders’ organizations ............................................................................................... 43 Annex 12 Colombo: main charities, consumer organizations and NGOs related to food waste prevention and management ........................................................................................................................................................ 43 Annex 13 Sri Jayewardenepura: selected list of private actors ........................................................................... 44 Annex 14 Sri Jayewardenepura: service providing institutions – public and private .......................................... 45 Annex 15 Regulatory actors and other government organizations in the Sri Jayewardenepura - Kotte Municipality area responsible for food waste generation and management ..................................................... 46 Annex 16 Kaduwela Municipality: major private actors ...................................................................................... 46 Annex 17 Kaduwela Municipality: service providing institutions – public and private ....................................... 47 Annex 18 Kaduwela Municipality: regulatory actors and other government organizations responsible for food waste generation and management .................................................................................................................... 48 Annex 19 Kaduwela Municipality: main charities, consumer organizations and NGOs related to food waste management ........................................................................................................................................................ 48 Annex 20 Moratuwa Municipality: major private actors ....................................................................................