Foro Global sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Foro FSN)

1.Are you aware of actual direct links between street food vendors and local urban farmers

Yes In India it is commonly observed that during the main season or glut farmers supply teucj loads of fruits such as jackfruit, watermelon to road side venders. some time entire truck load material will be unloaded to single place. These street food venders sale produce by removing peel and seed in a ready to eat form such as water meol slices or jackfruit bulbs and also sale whole fruits to passing customers. Onther direct lonk has been observed beetween green coconut producers and road side sallers as the produce is directly supplied by farmers in the morning in a templo or cart while vender will cut and offer the fruits to indivisual customer.

Measures promoted by local authorities:

In  some cases street fruit venders offer fresh cut fruits as fruit salad. To have asafe approach local autorities compell to sale to produce keeping in enclosers of glass to avoid contact with flies and dust.

How have these actions influenced consumers’ choices towards street food

 

It gives cheap and fresh produce tro consumers