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SDG 2 : Zero Hunger

Zero Hunger (SDG 2)
2.2 Campus Food Waste
2.2.2 - Campus population: 12472

2.3 Student Hunger
2.3.3 - Does your university provide sustainable food choices, including vegetarian and vegan food, for everyone on campus?
The university has integrated the concept of sustainable development into its institutional development plan and requires on-campus catering suppliers to prioritize local ingredients, offering meals that comply with health and sustainability principles. Regarding the accessibility and variety of on-campus dining options, we ensure that all on-campus food service points, including convenience stores and coffee shops, regularly provide clearly labeled vegetarian options and are gradually increasing vegan choices. In terms of specific quantitative data, the main outsourced catering supplier on campus, "7-Eleven Convenience Store NFU Branch," has a leased area of 156.6 square meters. Its operating brand, "Daily Veggie," is dedicated to providing local and safe quality vegetarian and vegan products through three main strategies: "Co-branded Green Dining," "Expanded Sales Locations," and "Optimized Vegetarian and Vegan Labeling," aiming to be a sustainable social kitchen. Another supplier, "Louisa Coffee NFU Branch," has a leased area of 227 square meters. The menu at this outlet offers diverse vegetarian options, clearly marked to include full vegan, lacto-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian with five pungent vegetables, and plant-based meat options, ensuring all faculty, staff, and students can easily find meals meeting their needs. These two major outlets collectively provide 383.6 square meters of campus space that regularly offers sustainable and vegetarian options. In sustainable practices, the university requires catering vendors to prioritize cooperation with local Yunlin small farmers, procuring local seasonal fruits and vegetables to shorten food mileage, and promoting the concepts of "ugly produce utilization" and "whole food utilization" through educational outreach. The university regularly audits on-campus catering vendors and conducts satisfaction surveys, and has established communication platforms like the Student Food Committee to periodically gather feedback on the demand and satisfaction regarding sustainable/vegetarian/vegan options, continuously optimizing campus dining services.
2.3.4 - Does your university provide healthy and affordable food choices for everyone on campus?
National Formosa University comprehensively provides healthy and affordable food choices for everyone on campus, aligning with the commitment of UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger). Regarding food accessibility and diversity, the campus features restaurants, vending machines, and contracts with external suppliers to ensure access for all. In terms of specific quantitative measures, the university has signed 5-year facility lease contracts with 7-Eleven Convenience Store (leased area 156.6 square meters) and Louisa Coffee (leased area 227 square meters). For food affordability, the Louisa Coffee contract specifies a 10% discount (90% rate) on meals and beverages for on-campus faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Concurrently, the university encourages all suppliers to offer discounted set meals or value combinations to ensure good price-performance. For those needing self-catering options or seeking further savings, student dormitories and public areas are equipped with simple kitchens, microwaves, and hot water dispensers. Concerning food health and safety, the university requires catering service providers (such as 7-Eleven and Louisa Coffee) to maintain product liability insurance with coverage of at least NT$10 million. Louisa Coffee also provides an online link to nutritional labeling information, enabling the community to make informed dietary choices. Free drinking water refill stations are available in multiple locations across the campus to promote healthy hydration.

2.4 Proportion of graduates in agriculture and aquaculture with sustainability focus
2.4.1 - Total number of graduates: 2686
2.4.2 - Number of graduates from agriculture and aquaculture courses with a sustainability focus: 49

2.5 National Hunger
2.5.1 - Does your university provide access for local farmers and food producers to knowledge, skills, or technology related to food security and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture?
National Formosa University actively provides access to knowledge, skills, and technology concerning food security, sustainable agriculture, and aquaculture to local farmers and food producers, primarily through paid industry-academia collaboration projects. The university executed a total of 71 agriculture-related industry-academia projects. The combined funding for these projects exceeded NT$5.06 million (the precise total is NT$5,061,750), demonstrating extensive technology and knowledge transfer activities. These collaborations are mainly executed by the Department of Bio-technology (including the Master's program) and the Agricultural and Biotech Product Inspection Service Center. Many projects directly focus on food security and quality control, such as at least 24 projects involving "mass spectrometry rapid testing of fruit and vegetable samples", and at least 5 projects involving analysis of "multiple pesticide residues" or "soil accumulated residues" in samples. Furthermore, the university offers guidance focused on enhancing agricultural product value and sustainable technology, including 2 projects related to the formula development and quality control of health products, 1 project on high-efficiency plant enzyme development, 1 project concerning seedling production and landscape planning, and 1 project researching the reduction of acrylamide in fried sweet potatoes. The university's partners cover various local producers and farmer groups, including at least 10 collaborations with agricultural cooperatives or fruit/vegetable cooperatives (such as Mailiao Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative in Yunlin County, Xinshe Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative, Ershihjia Fruit and Vegetable Enterprise Academia Project, and Xianan Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative), at least 4 collaborations with produce shops or fruit dealers, and technical service collaborations with at least 7 individual farmers.
2.5.3 - Does your university provide access to university facilities (e.g., laboratories and equipment) for local farmers and food producers to improve sustainable farming practices? National Formosa University provides local farmers and food producers with access to university facilities and technology through "Enterprise and Corporate Industry-Academia Collaboration Projects" to enhance sustainable farming practices. This service is jointly promoted by the Department of Bio-technology (including the Master's program) and the Department of Agricultural Technology under the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, along with the Agricultural and Biotech Product Inspection Service Center. Within the managed list of agriculture-related projects, there are a total of 70 effective industry-academia collaborations. The execution periods for most of these projects span 2024 to 2025, with some extending until 2028. The total funding for these projects reached NT$5,695,750. The beneficiaries of facility access are extensive, including at least 14 agricultural cooperatives, fruit/vegetable cooperatives, or cooperative farms (e.g., Mailiao Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative in Yunlin County, Xinshe Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative, Ershihjia Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative, Xianan Fruit and Vegetable Production Cooperative, and Jiadong Cooperative Farm), as well as at least 8 individual farmers or produce shops, demonstrating the high prevalence of facility resources within the local agricultural community. University facilities and technology primarily support the improvement of sustainable farming practices. Quantified service content includes providing mass spectrometry rapid testing services for multiple pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable samples, guidance on product quality control, high-efficiency plant enzyme development, soil accumulated residue testing, and health product formula development, all categorized as sustainability-related research and testing services conducted via university laboratories and equipment. All collaboration projects are categorized as valuable "Enterprise Industry-Academia Collaboration Projects," involving specific budgets and fees (e.g., the lowest single testing case costs NT$6,900, and the highest reaches NT$500,500), indicating that facility access is fee-based. All information regarding these collaboration projects is publicly disclosed through the Industry-Academia Collaboration Office's publicly managed project information website (e.g., https://reurl.cc/lYGQ86).