SIZE Nasional: Harnessing Technology for Effective Control of Infectious Diseases
23/01/2024
Over recent decades, Indonesia has been affected by several zoonotic disease outbreaks, including highly pathogenic avian influenza, rabies, and anthrax. These outbreaks posed substantial threats to public health and the...
Indonesia and Timor-Leste commit to partnership for the Indonesian Seas sustainability and acceleration of blue economy
16/01/2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia. Indonesia and Timor-Leste vow for continued cooperation to sustainably harness and protect the wide array of fisheries and marine resources within the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME)...
FAO, National Food Agency, and KSP Initiate A Collaborative Venture to Empower Youth for Food Systems Transformation
15/01/2024
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Indonesia, the National Food Agency (Bapangnas), and the Executive Office of the President (KSP) are elated...
FAO Indonesia and Ministry of Agriculture Ignite A New Partnership to Champion Crop Diversity
09/01/2024
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Indonesia and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Standardisation (Badan Standardisasi Instrumen Pertanian, BSIP), Ministry of Agriculture...
Southeast Asian countries strengthen regional animal health resilience through standardized evaluations supported by FAO and the Australian Government
04/01/2024
In the era where animal and zoonotic diseases know no borders, Southeast Asian countries underscore the importance of a standardized and systematic evaluation of essential capacities within regional communities to...
Enhancing commitment, efforts for long-term protection of the Indonesian Seas’s fisheries-marine resources
05/12/2023
Despite challenges, Indonesia and Timor-Leste have made meaningful progress towards the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) sustainability; and vowed to continue efforts, including bilateral cooperation to protect the wealth...
FAO, MoA, and IPB unveil insights on Indonesia's agricultural sector performance during 2020-2022 COVID-19 pandemic
29/11/2023
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Indonesia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and IPB University, recently hosted a landmark...
World Food Forum 2023 flagship event concludes with enhanced commitments to transform agrifood systems
20/10/2023
Rome- The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world...
World Food Day 2023: Farmers and fishers need to become agents of water management
16/10/2023
World Food Day 2023 shines a spotlight on water as the foundation for life and food. "Water is Life, Water is Food – Leave no one behind" is the theme...
MoA, FAO and BBGP West Java integrate zoonoses in schools curriculum to prevent rabies
10/10/2023
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Balai Besar Guru Penggerak (BBGP) West Java launched an empowerment programme to...
Oral rabies vaccination shows promising results in Bali, Indonesia
06/10/2023
Recent studies conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), together with the Australia-Indonesia Health Security Partnership...
Avoid the preventable: rabies eradication effort in Bangladesh through capacity building
28/09/2023
South-South Cooperation on Rabies Elimination
Through Rabies Action Center of Excellence (RACE), FAO ECTAD Bangladesh has conducted a series of programmes to achieve this national goal. Dogs' vaccination, especially for...
Indonesia receives FAO appreciation for strengthening animal health and food security
22/09/2023
Boyolali, 22 September 2023. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) acknowledged Indonesia’s continuous efforts in the animal health sector and presented Letters of Appreciation for strengthening national...
Indonesia - Timor-Leste strengthen partnership to protect the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) sustainability
11/09/2023
Indonesia and Timor-Leste conducted a series of activities to strengthen transboundary partnership to protect the sustainability of Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) region. The activities, carried out in September...
Social forestry creates lush landscapes in place of barren land in Indonesia
28/08/2023
Gazing at the lush mosaic of green woodland interspersed with cultivated fields, it is hard for 49-year-old community leader, Pendi, to remember how his community forest land looked back in...
FAO, MMAF, MAF committed to accelerate progress under the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) project before it ends in Dec 2023
23/08/2023
FAO, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia and the Ministry of Agriculture, Lifestock, Fisheries and Forestry (MALFF) of Timor-Leste express their commitment to ISLME sustainability specifically through...
Promoting ecosystem approach to aquaculture (EAA) for improved production, farmers’ wellbeing, governance and marine-fisheries resources sustainability
14/08/2023
As an archipelago country, with more than 17 500 islands and 6.8 million km2 of territorial water, Indonesia has huge marine and fisheries resources potential for sustainable development. It has around...
Endorsing sustainable beje harvest in Barito Selatan
10/08/2023
South Barito - It has been three years since the last beje harvest in Batilap Village, Dusun Hilir Sub-district, South Barito District. No less than 150 kilograms of local fish,...
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly adopts resolution on responsible investment in food, agriculture and forestry
09/08/2023
A Resolution on “Encouraging the Application of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectors” was adopted during the 44th General Assembly of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN Inter-Parl
Protecting Eastern Indonesia from new disease outbreaks
26/07/2023
Maros, 26/7/2023 In Jenetaesa, there is a triangular relationship between wild animals, domestic livestock, and humans, which constantly poses a risk of zoonotic virus transmission. This village in the province of...