3 Strategies to Revive Local Foods
Improving the production and consumption of local food will support the Government of Indonesia’s plan for transforming its food system to a more sustainable one.
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems: A Situation Report
The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food security and nutrition (FSN) while exposing weaknesses in food systems. In response, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) developed the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme to provide targeted support to help sustain core food systems.
Announcing Fondation Botnar award to GAIN Adolescent Nutrition Programme in Indonesia
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Swiss-based Fondation Botnar are pleased to announce the launch of the innovative Food Investigator Game project, designed to help youth of East Java, Indonesia, to improve their eating habits.
Food systems and urban planning: global and national perspectives
Online Webinar, Indonesia
This webinar aims to share experiences from the Indonesian context, discuss and examine the importance of food systems and urban planning from global and national perspectives. Further, recommended directions of how city government and stakeholders at all levels should integrate food systems into urban planning will be shared.
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems: A Situation Report V
This Situation Report—the fifth in a series—finds that COVID-19-related control measures continue to have an impact on food systems in 10 countries where GAIN works: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems: A Situation Report IV
The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food security and nutrition (FSN), while exposing weaknesses in food systems. In response, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) developed the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme to provide targeted support to help sustain core food systems, workers, and markets during the COVID-19 emergency.
Driving innovation and collective action in Indonesia’s fish value chain
Recognising that the problem of food loss in the fish value chain cannot be tackled in siloes and requires coordinated action, the Indonesia Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (I-PLAN) was created in 2018 to bring together the expertise and resources of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and a diverse range of business, academic and civil society organisations.
Driving innovation and collective action in Indonesia's fish value chain
Food loss is a big challenge in Indonesia, with loss of nutritious fresh fish particularly significant. Indonesia is ranked second in the world for food loss1, suffering a yearly loss of approximately 13 million tons2, equating to 300 kg per person per year and comprising about 20% of agricultural crops and 30%3 of fisheries products.