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STREET FOOD VENDORS IN KOLKATA - A SNAPSHOTS Street Food Project Team,Kolkata 03/03/2022 1

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STREET FOOD VENDORS IN

KOLKATA

-A SNAPSHOTSStreet Food Project Team,Kolkata

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CONTENTS

• SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS • ROLE OF AUTHORITIES• SCOPE OF CIVIL SOCIETIY

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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS •Kolkata- 3rd largest urban agglomeration in India with a population

of 14.1 million

• Estimated 300,000 street vendors in Kolkata of which 50% are

food vendors

• Provides daily tasty, affordable and easily accessible fast food to

nearly 7 million customers from every economic stratum

• Approx. 94 customer / vendor/day

• 2.5 personnel people employs per week

• More than 300 varieties ( 50 are very common) and some are of

international cuisine

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• Most Popular items - Coffee, Tea, Ghugni, Chapati / Paratha,

Fuchka, Pulao, Biriyani , fish meal, egg meal , chicken meal, veg

meal, Idli / Dosa

• Very cheap - about 1000 Cals. in Rs.20/- (200 cals/ 4 Rupee)

• Very Fresh, extensive variety (caters to all tastes), traditional

foods with authentic taste

• Quick service, need minimum space, a place of Social

interaction

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Despite this-

• employment context is characterised by uncertainty and hostility

• commonly targeted by local authorities as illegal traders

• urban middle class constantly complains for urban chaotic life as

they block public pavements, create traffic problem and contribute

to public health insecurity

• subject to harassment - including evictions, confiscation of

merchandise, and demands for extortions

• majority of them lack access to social protection

• less productive in unstable institutional environments where rules

are irregular and unpredictable.

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It is also true that-

• Better food processing techniques are available

• There are Better sale / display methods

• Access to standardized raw ingredients

• Better cleaning and sanitation procedures are available

• Customers are more informed

• Vendor is also more enlightened

• There is much more access to food and environmental safety

related information• Better and much more variety of raw materials – are easily accessible• Increased competition leading to improvement among vendors

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However, Problems are –

• Quality of ingredients are not standardized

• Food and water handling methods are poor

• Biological Hazards – Followed by chemical and physical hazards

are common

• Low Knowledge, Attitude and Practice –materials are not easily

available

• Hygiene of equipments – not adequate

• Poor personal Hygiene of Vendors

Poor quality of Water being used

• Waste management is not adequate

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• Usage of poor water quality

•Inadequate waste management

• Consumer involvement is minimal

• Negative attitude of authorities

• Minimal legal control on Vendors

• Penalty clauses are Minimal

• Coordination among concerned stake holders is unsatisfactory.

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Street Food Project KolkataInnovating and co-creating solutions

Involve me in designing the beautification

process!

Innovative initiatives for vending formalization

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Street Food Vendors Project Kolkata, Phase I (from 2011 to 2013)

The first ever Street Food Vendors Project Kolkata was implemented in Kolkata by the primary partner Joygopalpur Gram Vikash Kendra (JGVK) and the

secondary partners Gana Unnayan Parshad and Sabuj Sangha. The project was supported by InnoAid.org

The project aims at supporting the vendors and facilitate the development of solutions designed by the vendors themselves, which meet local priorities, needs and conditions in alignment with the National Policy on Urban Street Vendors.

The primary beneficiaries throughout the project are 650 street food vendors serving cooked food along the streets of Kolkata and Salt Lake Sector V

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Program was based on 3 interlinked workshops and on-the-street support

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Improved accounting practices and other self-regulatory activities

Hygienic practices on the food handling, food safety and waste

management

Awareness of National Act on Urban Street Vending

Continuous follow-up and support on the streets

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Our approach: We first let us inspire by the good solutions developed by the street food vendors themselves

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Our approach: We involve the vendors in participatory workshops, using innovative methods to understand, build capacity and evaluate

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Educational topics was discussed in small groups of 10 vendors. Educational messages was shared by the trainer during the discussion.3 separate workshops were conducted to deliver specific messages on key-messages of the National Policy, Understand benefits of Self Help Groups, Improve accounting practices, Improve the workspace: sanitation, waste & hygiene, Understand positive link between hygienic workspace and business, Improve food safety through acquisition of tools, Maintain use of tools and practices after workshops, Evaluate the workshops for continuous improvementO

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An inclusive method was continuously used to obtain critical feedback from the vendors by assessing the workshops.In groups of 5-10 people, the vendors were asked to share their suggestions and views on (1) what to keep in the workshop, (2) what to add to the workshops, (3) what to drop from the workshops. No critique of opinions is allowed during this session and all ideas and suggestions were listed on a poster for further discussion within the group.

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a Tasty Change

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Other tools and solutions were developed with the vendors and by the vendors

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Co-creating Educational communication material: Vendors’ Handbook, Stakeholder Toolkit and Poster

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Similar we have initiated a development process to design an improved street food kiosk with the vendors and other relevant stakeholders

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Baseline survey was undertaken in the selected areas for the pilot project to obtain a good understanding of the Street food vending sector

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The implementing organisations surveyed 759 street food vendors with technical support from InnoAid and researchers at School of Economics at Bocconi University, Italy.

The resulting surveys have been analysed with the supervision of researchers from European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics, Brussels.

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The baseline addressed aspects of the vendor and his staff

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…as well as the type of business. motivations and current challenges

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To empower a broad spectrum of street food vendors in Kolkata, building their capacity to align with the

National Act of Urban Street Vending and to support the process of recognition and formalisation of the sector at a state level

Overall development objective

Create a scalable model of urban street food vending

Invest in new businesses to improve the public health impact of the vendors

Scale up intervention to new areas, assessing the impact of the programme with

Randomized Control Trial for policy advice

Participatory workshops focusing on grass-root level, to innovate rather than "re-inventing the

wheel"

Previous project - learning

Current project– innovative solutions

400 vendors

1.000 vendors

approach

The Phase II of the Street food project was started by 1st July 2014 and will be undertaken until the end of 2016

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The project is a direct continuation and scale of Phase I, building on the learnings new opportunities and networks established

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Phase II will be implemented in Kolkata Municipal Corporation area and Salt Kale Sector V area

by Joygopalpur Gram Vikash Kendra (JGVK) and Gana Unnayan Parshad (GUP)

The project is supported by InnoAid.org

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3 initiatives will be undertaken that will be complementary in the achievement of the overall development objective

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Improved and regulated street food vending a recommended model on how to establish an improved area of urban street food vending, a so-called “role-model street” that aligns with the National Policy, is developed based on the experiences and learning's from street vending activities and in collaboration with town development authorities and possible private sectors, implement a number of educational and technical solutions to improve the conditions of the vendors and surrounding atmosphere in specific locations.

To improve safety aspect and quality of street food engage entrepreneurial activities based on procurement practices of street food vendors with social and hygienic goals, through productive activities in rural areas, potentially through cooperatives or SHGs. Also to secure vendors livelihood and improve standard of life vendors unemployed family members will be involved in need based effective income generation activities

Technical and awareness messages has been delivered in Kolkata Municipal Corporation areas through educational workshops and its impact will be assesses, analyze and documented on relevant key socio-economic variables, through RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) to create the basis to undertake evidence–based advocacy to support the process of recognition and formalization of the sector and to innovate and ensure effective methodology for efficient replication of best practice model

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Improved quality of street food along with developed livelihood of rural entrepreneurs B

Best replicable models assessed through standard research methodology C

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Improved and regulated street food vending Approach in Salt Lake Sector V area:

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Development and implementation of local solutions with inclusive involvement of local authorities and vendors associations

Effective capacity building and extensive support through participatory workshops on food safety, hygienic aspects of food handling, product branding, financial management and common interest group

Development and implementation of “Role Model Streets” with realistic and improved street food vending in a specific location through inclusive involvement of local authorities and private sector participation

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Improved quality of street food along with developed livelihood of rural entrepreneurs. Approach in Salt Lake Sector V area:

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Based on vendors procurement needs provide safe, hygienic and organic environment friendly hi quality raw materials

Improve security of livelihood by introducing supplementary income sources through inclusion of family members into effective income generation activity

Link rural entrepreneurs with the procurement needs of urban street food vendors

Support rural entrepreneurs to develop value based production of safe, hygienic and organic environment friendly hi quality raw materials for urban street food vendors

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Best replicable models assessed through standard research methodology. Approach in Kolkata Municipal Corporation area:

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Previously tested educational and technical massages will be delivered through participatory workshops with the street food vendors of Kolkata.

The workshops will address educational and technical messages on food safety, hygienic aspects of food handling, product branding, financial management and common interest group

Through out the workshop process vendors will be involved in periodic study, survey and observation process through RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) methodology and the accumulated data will be analyzed to access the impact of the capacity building method and process to ensure effective evidence based documentation of a replicable model

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Together we can make the change!

Street Food Project KolkataEmail: [email protected]