FAO in Indonesia

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12 May 2022
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 Beje fisheries management with ecosystem approach, based on ecological, social-economy, and good governance principles. Beje is a trap pond and nursery...
11 May 2022
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 which they have a larval life phase to adulthood in freshwater or estuaries, then breed in the deep ocean.  Not much...
10 May 2022
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 a high level of participation from smallholders to producers to exporters and others all along the value chain.
26 April 2022
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 as a valuable livelihoods asset. Preparing a livestock evacuation route in particular can reduce human and animal casualties as well...
22 April 2022
A rapid respond for an animal health emergency is one of the keys to prevent disruption to agri-food systems and trade that lead to devastating economic loss to farmers. . While luckily the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) does not transmit from animals to humans, the early reporting initiative and rapid...