Academic research on mobile food vending in Indonesia

Here's some interesting academic research on mobile food vending in Indonesia. 


http://www.academia.edu/1072601/Indonesias_Urban_Mobile_Food_Vendors_Importance_Issues_and_ICT_Potentials


The report suggests that their food vending could be considerably enhanced through the use of the internet and ICT.

• First, mobile food vendors are very common in Indonesia and can be seen along major streets, residential areas, schools, and office complexes offering various types of food and snacks. 
• Second, most of these vendors resort to this line of work because of necessity where they do not have any other means to generate income for themselves and their family. 
• Third, operating a mobile food vending business is a physically demanding activity and their ability to conduct business is heavily dependent on the vendor’s health, the day’s weather condition, geographic constraints related to legal and social norms (on where they can and cannot sell), and the mobile nature of the work. 
• Last and fourth, despite the hard work the vendor's do, their generated incomes are relatively small, vulnerable, and highly variable from day to day

We believe that ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in general can play an important role in meeting these needs and alleviating these problems.