Jakarta, August,7  Indonesia and other countries of the South East Asia Region have achieved significant progress in economic development over the past two decades. Nevertheless, Indonesia’s challenges related to undernutrition remain huge. The fact that

  Jakarta, Indonesia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Centre of Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Indonesia reinforced its commitment to support the prevention, detection and...

23 June 2017 – FAO ECTAD Indonesia is supporting the Field Epidemiology Training Programme for Veterinarians (FETPV) in Indonesia in order to strengthen the epidemiological capacity of the Government of...

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) conducted workshop on “Land Cover Map Accuracy and Training Workshop on FAO SEPAL Remote Sensing Tool” jointly organised with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and...

Region’s rapidly aging population needs to increase calcium intake to prevent bone loss and fractures

Minapadi”, Indonesia’s term for “rice-fish farming” has been practiced for generations in Indonesia, and many other parts of East and South-East Asia. Unfortunately, with the introduction of ‘modern’ intensive farming...

Globalization of food supply chains, combined with industrialization and urbanization, has changed the dietary habits of people around the world. These major trends have also brought with them huge food...

As a complex ecosystem rich in biomass, a lot of energy is stored in our forests.  Importantly, forests should not only be seen as a source of energy, but also as...

Indonesia has confirmed its commitment to advance One Health collaboration, with five ministries issuing a joint communique recently on the implementation of One Health in the country, to respond to...

Jakarta, Indonesia – During her visit to Indonesia, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Kundhavi Kadiresan, met today with the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman,...

The FAO Assessment Tool for Laboratory and Antimicrobial Resistance (ATLASS) gets a kick start in Indonesia this week, reinforcing the country’s planned implementation of the national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance...

Synergising cross-sectoral collaboration in the fight against emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Indonesia has paved the way for One Health...

“Minapadi”, Indonesia’s term for “rice-fish farming” has been practiced for generations in Indonesia, and many other parts of East and South-East Asia. Unfortunately, with the introduction of ‘modern’ intensive farming...

          Distinguished Bapak Sjarief Widjaja – Secretary General of The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Distinguished Bapak M. Zulfichar Mochtar -  Director General of the Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research...

Over the past three years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO], in partnership with the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) of the Ministry...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a global threat to public and animal health, which impacts agriculture, food security and environmental security. Antimicrobial resistance is characterised by the emergence of bacteria that...

FAO Indonesia together with the Indonesia Agency for Food Security organized a Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Policy Analysis Training cum Study Tour for officials from the Ministry of Agriculture,...

His Excellency Mr. Amran Sulaiman, Minister of Agriculture His Excellency Mr. Ganjar Pranowo, Governor of Central Java  His Excellency Mr. Hari Priyono, Secretary General of Ministry of Agriculture His Excellency Mr. Muhammad Syakir,...

FAO-supported initiative combats illegal logging and boosts sustainable livelihoods

Labuan Bajo. Flores and Lembata Islands of East Nusa Tenggara Province have proven that dog vaccination not only provides a solution for effective and humane control of rabies, but also helps...