The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Indonesia through the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS) issued regulation No 09160/PK.350/F/12/2019 on December 13, 2019 to prohibit the use...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly serious threat to global health. Not only human health but also animal health and the environment are threatened by AMR. An estimated 700,000 people...

The celebration of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2019 was centred on Lampung Province and feels different from previous years. WAAW this year showcased the capacity building achievements of FAO...

Government agencies led by the Ministry of Agriculture, the United Nations, musicians, youth communities and street food vendors have declared their commitment for a healthier Indonesia while conducting a “Healthy...

In recent decades, the majority of the world’s population has dramatically changed its diet and eating habits as a result of globalization, urbanization and income growth. We have moved from...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) poses a significant global threat to public health, animal health, and environmental health. Bacteria have rapidly evolved techniques to outsmart and escape current antibiotic treatments rendering antibiotics...

Jepara The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations has partnered with the Wooden Furniture and Handicraft Producer Association of Jepara (APKJ) in Indonesia to assist micro and small enterprises...

The World Food Day (WFD) - marked each year on 16th October - highlights the need to step up efforts to end hunger and other forms of malnutrition and for...

High level delegation from Mozambique visits Indonesia to learn about Indonesia’s experience to sustain the forests which involves forest communities and private sectors. Forestry Officials from Mozambique participated in five days...

FAO with support from the Provincial Maritime and Fisheries Agency, Palu City and Donggala Regency, today (28/8) distributed nets and cooler boxes to 2,650 fishing households spread across 69 villages...

  In 2017, Jenni Sulistiani, a successful poultry farmer in Lampung Timur District, Lampung, had to close her 25-year-old broiler-farming business due to bankruptcy of unfair competition from the commercial poultry...

An insect pest that can infest and damage or destroy fields of corn and other crops, literally overnight, is migrating across Asia to the alarm of smallholder farmers whose livelihoods...

An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a...

Jakarta – Ministry of Agriculture, FAO and USAID collaborate with young art performers to raise public awareness on zoonotic diseases Three out of four emerging infectious diseases are transmitted from animals to...

Palu, The Governor’s office in Central Sulawesi and the Provincial Department of Agriculture organized a special event today in Sigi District to recognize the support being provided by the Food...

Yogyakarta (June 25, 2019) - A total of 19 veterinarians from all over Indonesia are now equipped with detective-like skills, which enables investigation of animal disease outbreaks whenever needed. This...

 Forestry experts from across Indonesia are meeting this week on the island of Bali to develop capacities to monitor changes in forest area and land use through the use of...

Bandar Lampung. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), National Layer Chicken Farmers’ Association/PPN – Lampung  and 16 national media (print, online, and television) are conducting...

Today, on June 7, the world will celebrate the first-ever World Food Safety Day. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018, the UN has designated two of its...

 “Which is better - veterinary medicines produced in a modern plant or medicines home-made by farmers themselves,” asks Rika curiously during the poultry health seminar. She is a student from...