FAO in Indonesia

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16 March 2017
Indonesia has confirmed its commitment to advance One Health collaboration, with five ministries issuing a joint communique recently on the implementation of One Health in the country, to respond to emerging disease threats and address global health challenges including Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Gathered during the seminar on “One Health Stakeholders Collaboration...
12 March 2017
Jakarta, Indonesia – During her visit to Indonesia, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Kundhavi Kadiresan, met today with the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, in order to exchange views on the growing collaboration between FAO and the Government of Indonesia. Kadiresan learned about Indonesia’s efforts...
10 March 2017
The FAO Assessment Tool for Laboratory and Antimicrobial Resistance (ATLASS) gets a kick start in Indonesia this week, reinforcing the country’s planned implementation of the national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system. In piloting the new tool to assess national AMR surveillance in livestock, a joint team of FAO and the Chulalongkorn...
23 February 2017
Synergising cross-sectoral collaboration in the fight against emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Indonesia has paved the way for One Health capacity development among the different sectors working at the human, animal and environment health interfaces. Developing One Health capacity is not...
20 January 2017
“Minapadi”, Indonesia’s term for “rice-fish farming” has been practiced for generations in Indonesia, and many other parts of East and South-East Asia. Unfortunately, with the introduction of ‘modern’ intensive farming techniques, especially those that include the use of pesticides, the fish and other aquatic animals that traditionally kept the rice...