Mozambique Learns Indonesia’s experiences in sustaining the forest
04/10/2019
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 distributes Fishing Gears to Fishers in Palu - Dongggala
28/08/2019
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...
Lampung Farmers Provided Healthy Food for Consumers
10/08/2019
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...
Indonesia prepares for battle with Fall Armyworm
17/07/2019
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...
World hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity is still growing – UN report
15/07/2019
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...
Showcasing animal health through the performing arts
12/07/2019
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...
FAO distributes aid to farming and fishing households in Palu
02/07/2019
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...
Nineteen animal disease "detectives" trained by ministry of agriculture and fao Ready to serve
25/06/2019
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...
Satellite imagery key to monitoring changes in forest cover and land use
25/06/2019
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...
USAID-FAO boost awareness on zoonoses, EIDs, and AMR threats with national media
19/06/2019
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...
Saving Lives with Safer Food
07/06/2019
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...
Young People See Healthy Poultry Production as a Hope for Rural Livelihoods
20/05/2019
“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...
FAO and WHO Support the Government of Indonesia to Evaluate the National Action Plan on Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance
06/05/2019
Jakarta (6 May, 2019) - When you are sick, you may need medication. Same goes for the livestock, whose products you might consume. But not all diseases, either in humans...
Field epidemiology training for veterinarians has completed its final module
25/04/2019
Tangerang (12 April 2019) – The Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians in Indonesia (FETPV / PELVI - Program Epidemiologi Lapangan Veteriner Indonesia) has completed its final training module for...
IVM Network Aims to Sustainably Fight Avian Influenza in Indonesia
24/04/2019
– Almost five years after its launch, IVM Online, the Influenza Virus Monitoring network and its associated online platform continue to thrive in tracking the evolution of influenza viruses in...
The Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Raise Public Awareness on Disease Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance
06/04/2019
Mataram, Lombok (April 6, 2019) – The Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS), Ministry of Agriculture together with the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases of the...
Empowering family farmers is key to achieving Zero Hunger in Southeast Asia
04/04/2019
Jakarta, 4th April 2019. Innovation, access to rural credit – particularly for women – and improvements to rural social protection programmes are important tools to help family farmers in Southeast...
Nutrition improved in Indonesia despite worsening trend in Asia Pacific
02/04/2019
Number of children in Indonesia suffering from malnutrition has been reduced, while many countries in the region risk missing the SDG2 Zero Hunger target.
In the fourth year of implementation of...
IDF: Increased understanding of forests, improves peoples’ lives
21/03/2019
As the world population climbs to 8.5 billion by 2030, the role of forests becomes more important than ever. Forests help to keep air, soil, and water healthy to make...
MMAF and FAO commits to improve marine ecosystems
06/03/2019
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and government agencies from seven provinces have agreed a plan to improve the management of the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME),...