Indonesia and FAO: Achievements and Success Stories
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Indonesia has made significant strides in reducing poverty since the economic crisis and political transformation of 1997-1998. The percentage of its 230 million people living in poverty fell from 16.7 percent in 2004 to 14.15 percent in 2009. Since 2009, Indonesia has been classified as a lower middle-income country. Steady progress is being made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, despite these gains, about half of the population still live on less than US$2 a day, and in 2010 more than 13 percent, about 30 million people, were living on less than US$1.25 a day. Indonesia became a member of the FAO in 1948, and an FAO Representative Office was opened in Jakarta in 1978. Since then more than 500 projects have been implemented throughout Indonesia, generating over US$700 million worth of external and domestic investments in agriculture, fisheries and forestry. Indonesia and FAO has been in partnership for 33 years and significant achievements have been made dur ing those years. Over the last 10 years, the main areas of support from FAO were in food security and rice production, as well as emergency support for the fight against bird flu and post-tsunami rehabilitation. Indonesia has also benefitted from a number of FAO regional and global programmes, including Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS).