Despite the steady economic growth that Indonesia recorded during the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period, the country still faces some critical problems in food security and nutrition. Even though access to food increased and undernutrition continued to decrease over the last few years, the nutritional status of Indonesians is still low by international standards. Simultaneously, the country is witnessing increasing rates of overweight and obesity as well as assumed micronutrient deficiencies. Indonesia is thus facing a triple burden of malnutrition in which undernutrition co-exists with overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. In addition, while still struggling to address long-standing food security and nutrition challenges, Indonesia is currently facing an unprecedented crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, new and enhanced strategies are needed for the country to achieve the 2030 Agenda, especially Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), which states that by 2030 the country will end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 09.00-12.00 WIB

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Speakers:

Christa Räder (World Food Programme)

Iván Cossio Cortez (International Fund for Agricultural Development)

Bambang Widianto (TNP2K and The Vice President’s Office)

Strategic review of food security and nutrition in Indonesia: 2019-2020 update

Sirojuddin Arif (The SMERU Research instittute)

Stunting, wasting and underweight problems and challenges in eliminating undernutrition in Indonesia

Elan Satriawan (TNP2K)

From hidden hunger to overnutrition: new challenges to improve nutrition in Indonesia

Kirana Pritasari (Ministry of Health)

Developing a diversified, resilient and nutrition-sensitive agricultural system

John McCarthy (The Australian National University)