Indonesia

One thing that usually impresses first-time visitors to Indonesia is the ubiquitous food vendors. In the evenings, food sellers open shop on the roadside so you don’t have to worry about going hungry — as long as you’re not too demanding about hygiene and safety standards. What’s wonderful about street food served at a warung (stall) is that it represents a slice of a certain region… Read more

Indonesia welcomed the new country office of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on Monday in Bogor, West Java. IRRI director general Mathew Morell, together with the head of the Agriculture Ministry’s Research and Development Agency, Fadjry Djufry, inaugurated the IRRI country office on Monday. The office, located in the same area as the research agency’s head office on Jl… Read more

In a city where warung (stall) sit on nearly every corner offering a range of delicious, greasy delights from sate ayam (chicken satay) to nasi goreng (fried rice), it can be challenging for busy Jakartans to maintain a diet that is not only healthy but also affordable and tasty. It is no wonder, then, that the number of time-poor Indonesians eating these foods on… Read more

Mr Supriyono sat on a chair in a packed fast-food restaurant in the city of Ciputat, in Indonesia's Banten province, last Friday evening (Jan 25). He had just finished work at the office and was tucking into a plate of steaming rice, hot fried chicken, a chicken burger and a glass of fresh mocha float atop a plastic tray in front of him. For Mr Supriyono, this meal was the perfect way to… Read more

It took years of farming before Yustina Jari discovered that planting sorghum in a drought-stricken part of her native Flores Island could help improve the local economy and provide much-needed nutrition for children. She got excited about the benefits of the grain when the Research and Social Development Foundation, a local organization run by lay Catholics, and Oxfam… Read more

The latest case of obesity in Karawang, West Java, has yet again shed light on Indonesia’s rising obesity problem. Sunarti, 39, used to be around 75 kilograms, but with her unhealthy eating habit, she is now 148 kg. “[I used to stay] in bed and rarely leave the house. If there were any meatball or noodle street vendors passing by, I would buy [their food],” Sunarti… Read more

A series of events in Jakarta in recent days have placed a welcome focus on Indonesia’s food and land use system.  On Friday, Jan. 25, in commemoration of the National Nutrition Day, the Health Ministry hosted the launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems, a global report on how to achieve a healthy global diet and save the planet by 2030. … Read more

Food and agriculture organization of United Nations (FAO) Indonesia, August 30, stepped on Yogyakarta to continue its Road to Zero Hunger campaign. Yogyakarta is the second city in the 2018 World Food Day campaign series under the global theme Our Actions are Our Future, Zero Hunger 2030 is possible. This campaign is part of the awareness-raising program for Indonesians, especially for… Read more

Researchers in Indonesia have deciphered the chemical cues used by rice to attract a parasitoid that helps fight off the plant's predator. The researchers created a system to imitate these cues, which could help investigate similar interactions in other crops and possible sources of non-toxic pest control.Rice is a staple food, relied upon by half the global population. The brown planthopper… Read more

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