Indonesia, FAO reaffirm stronger partnership for sustainable food systems
The Indonesian Government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has reaffirmed stronger partnership to transform the agri-food systems in the Southeast Asian country.
Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesian Government and the Foodand Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has reaffirmed strongerpartnership to transform the agri-food systems in the Southeast Asian country.
The commitment was reiterated at a virtual meeting on September 13 between the new FAORepresentative in Indonesia, Rajendra Aryal, and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, accordingto a press release.
At the virtual meeting, Marsudi highlighted Indonesia’s resilience inthe agricultural sector that has been shown by growth domestic product (GDP) increase by 2.19 percent year-on-year despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
She expressed her hope that FAO will continue to support agriculture development in Indonesia focusing on strategic areas such as increasing production capacity, diversification of staple food consumption, strengthening food reserves and logistic systems, development of modern agriculture and promoting agriculture experts.
Aryal highly evaluated Indonesia's achievements and reaffirmed FAO'scommitment to offering further support in the continuous efforts to transformthe food system in a more sustainable manner.
The Indonesian government has shown tremendous efforts to tackle the negative impacts of the pandemic on the livelihoods of the people, he said, adding that FAO will continue working with the government to provide protection to smallholder farmers and their families, food workers in all sectors./.
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