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Insects, From Delicacy to Tool Against Hunger
This file photo from 2006 shows an insect food stall in Bangkok, Thailand. It has deep-fried (counter-clockwise, from back-left to the front) locusts, bamboo-worms, moth chrysalis, crickets, scorpions,...
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Indonesia Cuts Malnutrition by Half
An Indonesian farmer plants rice seedlings in a paddy field in Bogor, West Java. (AFP Photo/ Romeo Gacad) Indonesia’s success in reducing the malnutrition level by more than half since 1999 is set to...
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A Sustainable Future by 2030?
(JG Graphic) During a ceremony in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 38th conference on June 16 in Rome, Indonesia, represented by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta...
View ArticleEdible Insect Market Hindered by Legal and Cultural Barriers in Spain
Malaga, Spain. A 280-square-metre warehouse in Coín, a municipality in the southern Spanish province of Málaga, is home to a unique type of farm, where insects are raised for human consumption and the...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Rainforests Need Unique Care: FAO
Jakarta. Indonesia is experiencing some of the highest annual forest losses globally, with deforestation rates of about 680,000 hectare per year. Land clearing and fires, especially on peatlands, has...
View ArticleFAO: 8 Percent of Indonesians Are Chronically Hungry
Jakarta. Nearly 20 million Indonesians, of a total population of 250 million, go to bed hungry every night, according to a regional overview of food insecurity in Asia and the Pacific, issued by the...
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Editorial: Fix the Nation’s Food Policies
Many Indonesians live lavishly without having to worry about what to eat. Some even throw away their food because there is too much, or they are only able to eat a small portion of it. In many big...
View ArticleCongo Looks to Insect Farming in Fight Against Hunger
Kinshasa. There is no shortage of protein in Kinshasa’s Gambela Market, from cows to antelope and snakes. But it is the blue and silver bowls brimming with twitching crickets, termites and slithering...
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