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16 June 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 remarks at the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) 42nd biennial virtual conference. Limpo highlighted Indonesia agriculture sector resilient...
07 June 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. 
24 April 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 on food security and farmers’ livelihoods along food value chains. Veterinary medicine meaningfully and rapidly evolved, demonstrating veterinarians’ ability to cope,...
21 March 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 we look to build back better and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.  Healthy forests also contribute to human...
25 February 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 was started with only 184 smallholders farmers in a border area,  Sanggau district, West Kalimantan.  With hard work, the farmers...