World Food Day 2021: Collective Actions are needed for a better agri-food systems in Indonesia
16/10/2021
Jakarta, October 16.
Today, the #WorldFoodDay is celebrated a second time during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many parts of the world, the pandemic has triggered brutal recessions, jeopardized access to food,...
Stakeholders Collaboration Through Workshop on Implementation of Eel Conservation Plan
12/10/2021
As a form of support for sustainable eel management, FAO Indonesia through the IFish project held a “Workshop on the Implementation of the National Action Plan (RAN) for Eel Conservation”...
Veterinarians are at the forefront of controlling antimicrobial resistance in the livestock and animal health sectors
06/10/2021
Jakarta – The antimicrobials misuses and overuse in the human and animal health sectors, as well as food production can accelerate the incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR can make...
Vaccination remains important to control rabies in rural Indonesia
28/09/2021
Jakarta (23/9/2021) - In the series of annual commemoration of World Rabies Day every September 28, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Public Relations and Public Information Bureau and Directorate...
Indonesia – FAO reaffirms stronger partnership to a more sustainable food system in Indonesia
13/09/2021
Indonesia – FAO reaffirms stronger partnership to a more sustainable food system in Indonesia
Jakarta
Republic of Indonesia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reaffirm a...
FAO Support for MMAF Breakthrough Project Yields in Agreement to Extend IFish Project Cooperation
29/07/2021
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and the The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have agreed to extend the Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use into Inland Fisheries...
Healthy foods for everyone and everywhere
23/07/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged global action to ensure that everyone has access to safe food now for a healthy tomorrow at the opening...
Indonesia kicks off a new global project to prevent the next pandemics
29/06/2021
Jakarta, 29 June 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how infectious disease outbreaks anywhere can have devastating health, economic, political, and societal consequences worldwide. No country has been untouched by...
Transforming food systems, Indonesia agriculture shows its resilience against the pandemics impact
16/06/2021
Jakarta/Rome
Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Syahril Yasin Limpo reiterated Indonesia commitment to continue to transform Indonesia’s agrifood systems into a more “inclusive, resilient and sustainable“. The commitment was stated in his...
On World Food Safety Day, everyone from growers to supply chains to consumers across Asia and the Pacific must adopt a One Health approach to ensure food is safe to consume
07/06/2021
More than 600 million people, or 1 in 10, fall ill and 420 000 die each year from eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals.
World Veterinary Day 2021: Veterinarian response to the COVID-19 crisis
24/04/2021
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way of life and significantly affected human health; other impacts and consequences of disease control efforts are of great concern, including its impact...
International Day for Forests 2021: Restoring forests will help recovery and well-being
21/03/2021
Today, we commemorate the International Day of Forest in the midst of the COVID 19 global pandemic in Indonesia and across the world.
Human health has never seemed more important as...
Healthy Rice from the Border
25/02/2021
Far in the north of Indonesia, a dream for “ A thousand organic villages in Indonesia” that was initiated by Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has begun to come true. It...
Mina Sidat Bersatu Cooperative: Surviving COVID-19 Without Compromising Quality
29/01/2021
Unagi is synonymous with Japan. This catadromus fish even has special day(s) every summer, Doyo no Ushi no Hi. On that day the Japanese people enjoy a bowl of warm...
Pilot joint ‘SET-EMT’ missions to refine current surveillance, epidemiology systems in Indonesia
27/01/2021
Indonesia is one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world. Harboring the majority of Earth’s species including great number of endemic species, the archipelago is also a hotspot for zoonotic...
GEF approves over USD 78 million to support FAO-led projects, USD 8 million allocated for Indonesia
19/01/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the recent decision by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council to approve 13 FAO-led projects in 16 countries,...
FAO welcome the publication of “The 2020 State of Indonesia Forest”
30/12/2020
The 2020 states of Indonesia Forest (SOIFO 2020) published by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment in collaboration with FAO of the United Nations was launched in the Ministerial office...
Working together for effective utilization of One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization tool
23/12/2020
Food and Agriculture Organization’s Emergency Center for Transboundary and Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD) supported the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, to increase coordination, collaboration, and...
Global Environment Facility approves over $78 million to support FAO-led projects
15/12/2020
16 countries will benefit from projects designed to conserve biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services, combat land degradation, and preserve natural resources on land and water
FAO and MMAF Seek Regional Support for Fisheries Management Area 713 of Indonesia
01/12/2020
Balikpapan, East Kalimantan
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia through the Directorate General of Marine Resources and Fisheries Surveillance (PSDKP) held a National Coordination Meeting:...