FAO in Indonesia

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07 August 2020
  - Six new projects will pilot innovative approaches to strengthen legality compliance The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched six new projects in support of legal timber production and trade in Indonesia.  The assistance, worth approximately USD 550 000, was made possible thanks to the European...
29 July 2020
Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta/Rome Asia-Pacific’s smallholder family farmers produce most of the world’s food, yet they are facing a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods and food security due to the present coronavirus pandemic, a collaboration of FAO and advocacy groups warned today.
02 July 2020
ROME/BANGKOK: The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appointed Jong-Jin Kim as Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, effective 1 July 2020.   
10 June 2020
  Amidst the Pandemic of Covid 19, Indonesia celebrated the 2nd World Food Safety Day (10/6), in a webinar led by National Drugs and Food Authority (BPOM) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The webinar titled "World Food Safety Day: Safe Food in Markets" were attended by key partners in food safety practice in...
06 June 2020
Today the world observed the World Food Safety Day which gained a momentum during Covid 19 pandemic where everyone has needed to pay extra attention to their food safety.  The pandemic has heightened  awareness about the need for personal hygiene, such as frequent hand washing, to avoid transmitting the virus, it has...