This year World Food Day launches a resounding call for action and global solidarity to transform agri-food systems in a bid to foster inclusive economic growth, address inequalities, increase resilience,...

Bali as a global popular tourist destination often faces the challenges of water scarcity, which threaten the livelihoods of the local population. Bali farmers, in particular, are facing complexity of...

Director-General QU Dongyu urges peace, warns of devastating implications of soaring food and fertilizer prices  

Digitalization encompasses all stages in the agrifood systems, including food production, distribution, trade, processing and consumption. Indonesia is now pulling all its efforts to transform rural areas through digitalization that...

FAO Director-General emphasizes the role of digital public goods  

Food loss and waste in Indonesia reached 115-184 kg per capita per year with the biggest waste occurs at the consumption stage during the last two decades, as per the...

  Yogyakarta (25/08) – Indonesia is sharing its expertise on bioinformatics by training laboratory personnel from nine ASEAN countries, 23 Indonesian laboratories, and few other members of the Zoonotic Diseases Action Package...

Fifty-five signatures were inked on a letter of recommendation for the sustainable management of Lubuk Larangan on 3rd August 2022 in Pekanbaru, Riau Province. The signatories were Ninik Mamak—a customary elders...

IIndonesia has been battling foot and mouth disease (FMD) which has affected cattle in 22 out of 34 provinces. To date, the country has launched vaccination campaign in those provinces,...

Timber legality assurance systems create sustainability for forests and livelihoods.  Slamet Setiono has spent almost his entire life in Jetis, a small village close to the tourist hub of Yogyakarta. The...

Bandung – 30 June 2022. Various migratory fish species in Indonesia are threatened with the risk of extinction. Habitat fragmentation due to the presence of various structures across the Indonesian rivers...

UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia Valerie Julliand, FAO Representative Rajendra Aryal,  senior Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Official Yayan Hikmayani and Global Environment (GEF) focal point of the Ministry...

Lombok (10/6) - The COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated that previously unknown diseases can emerge at any time, threatening health, well-being, and economies of all societies. Interactions at the human-animal-environment interface...

He holds the title “Rajo Menanti”, which means the king who serves the people. Muhammad Kamil is one of six ninik mamak who is responsible for making the highest decisions...

Marine and fisheries experts discuss shared threats to the Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem (ISLME) as part of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) development process. The TDA uses drivers, pressures,...

Agriculture is crucial for Indonesia’s economy, accounting for 14 percent of GDP. On average, 93 percent of Indonesia’s farmers are small family farmers that cultivate on modest land plots averaging...

Since November 2021, IFish project and South Barito district government conducted Beje fisheries management improvement at demonstration activity sites of Mengkatip and Batilap villages. The improvement aims to align traditional...

Eels or Sidat in Indonesian language is such a peculiar fish, attracting both scientists and culinary enthusiasts. Taxonomically, eels belong to the order Anguilliformes with a catadromous life cycle, in...

Countries across Asia and the Pacific are joining an initiative to promote and showcase the ‘best of the best’ of their special agricultural products – a move designed to ensure...

Sleman, Yogyakarta - The government of Indonesia integrates livestock evacuation as the new and important element in disaster management efforts. Livestock evacuation is closely related to human evacuation efforts, considering livestock...