Indonesia-FAO Strengthen Agriculture Partnership through Digitalization
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14 September 2021 15:17 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative Rajendral Aryal have affirmed a stronger partnership to transform the agri-food systems in Indonesia. FAO is committed to provide more support in the continuous effort to transform the food system in a more sustainable manner, as stated in an online meeting, September 13, 2021.
“FAO will continue working with the (Indonesian) government to provide protection to smallholder farmers and their families, food workers in all sectors, and those who are particularly vulnerable”, Aryal said.
Retno Marsudi, highlighting Indonesia’s 2.19% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase, hopes that the FAO will continue to support Indonesia in the agricultural sector. “ I hope 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,” said the minister.
Rajendral Aryal mentioned that agriculture digitalization such as e-agriculture and innovation can help to tackle the agricultural problems in Indonesia. "We need to look at how the technological innovation and digitalization, such as e-agriculture," he said, adding that it can help the farmers and consumers to tackle the problems of food insecurity, malnutrition and depletion of natural resources.
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