Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security in Indonesia (FAFI)

The government of Indonesia has adopted a Food Security law, outlining the importance of food security for the Indonesian population and the need for agricultural diversification. The law promotes fish and fish products as essential elements of the Indonesian diet in terms of providing high quality protein. In addition, the focus is not on increasing the amount of fish caught but on increased production efficiency and sustainability. Most notably, how to reduce losses in the value chain in both capture fisheries and aquaculture?

The ambition to produce healthy fish for healthy people has prompted the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia (MMAF) and the Netherlands government to embark upon a three year project to enhance the availability and accessibility of safe and good quality fish and fish products for Indonesian consumers.

The project “Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security in Indonesia” (FAFI) is jointly funded by both governments. The Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), part of Wageningen University and Research, is the lead partner and implements this project with other Wageningen UR institutes namely RIKILT (food research), IMARES (fisheries research), and LEI (economic research) while also the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) is a partner. The project is implemented in close cooperation with Indonesian and Netherlands private sector parties.

Why this project?

Fisheries and aquaculture play a vital role in Indonesia. Both in terms of source of cheap animal protein and micronutrients, and direct employment of more than six million people, with well over half depending on marine capture fisheries for their income. However, the production in capture fisheries is stagnating due to overfishing. In addition, post-harvest losses in the handling, processing and distribution of fish are reported up to 30%. In the aquaculture sector there is room to increase production. This inefficiency is an important factor that hampers the ambition to abolish undernourishment that still today affects an estimated 30 million people.

Therefore it is paramount to increase efficiency of the production systems, and hereby increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of fish and fish products for those who most suffer from dietary deficiencies. Needed are significant improvements in quality standards in the entire fisheries value chains. Moreover, there is a need to increase the production of fresh water fish by investing in the aquaculture sector.

The aim of the FAFI project is an increased availability and accessibility of safe and good quality fish and fish products for the domestic market in Indonesia.

Title: Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security in Indonesia (FAFI)Start: 1 May 2014 End: 31 December 2016Client(s): Ministry of Foreign Affairs / DGISBudget: 4.5 million EuroPartners: Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF); Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR), the Netherlands; Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)

Project Information

An integrated responseThe FAFI project aims at covering the entire capture fisheries value chain (“from boat to plate”) and aquaculture value chain (“from pond to plate”). By doing so it complements policies and plans of the MMAF. The project approach is to improve the performance of the different, interlinked parts of the chain. This is translated into 9 different project work packages:

This value chain approach is expected to result in safe and good quality fish that contributes to the wellbeing of the people in Indonesia.

Reduce post-harvest losses and improve the quality of fish by better handling on board of vessels, in ports, in processing facilities and on the markets;Increase freshwater aquaculture production, taking into account sustainability and Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP);Improve marketing and distribution of fish and fish products;Improve production of value added fish products for the domestic market;Improve understanding of consumers of the importance of fish in their diets; Enhance functioning of (private) laboratories to carry out fish quality control analysis; and Improve fish quality control, including improved sanitation and hygiene standards for the domestic market.Institutional strengtheningCapacity building

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Crosscutting issues

Strengthening the fisheries and aquaculture value chains also means to work across the whole sector by :

Investing in the capacity of people at production sites, processing and quality control by applying a training-of-trainers approach;Investing in stakeholder collaboration with the aim to jointly experiment with innovative, science-based solutions;Partnering with the private sector (both big industry and SMEs) in the transfer of knowledge as well as joint business development; andStrengthening relevant institutions in the fishery sector such as the ValCapFish Center (VCF), the Seafood Service Centre (SSC) and the Fish Quarantine Inspection Agency (FQIA) to sustain project results.

Project areasThe project will be implemented in seven pilot sites of which four locations are ports for capture fisheries (Muara Angke, Tegal and Prigi on Java, and Tanjung Pandang on Belitung Island). Three sites are aquaculture locations: Ciribon and Kediri on Java, and Banjarmasin on Kalimantan. However, research and project interventions are not limited to these sites but include the “hinterland” where the fish from these sites is being sold and consumed.

For more information

FAFI project office in Jakarta:Mr. Aminudun Salka | Email: aminsalka@gmail.comPhone: +62 (0) 813.7606.2668

FAFI project office in Wageningen:Mr. Nico Rozemeijer | Email: nico.rozemeijer@wur.nlProf. Ir. Sjarief Widjaja, Ph.D., FRINA - Secretary General MMAF Chairman of the Steering Committee FAFI Project Phone: (+62 21) - 3519070Ir. R. Nilanto Perbowo, M. Sc - Head of Planning BureauChairman of the Technical Committee FAFI ProjectEmail: perbowo@me.com | Phone: (+61 21) - 3519070

Please visit the FAFI page at http://kkp.go.id/ (sub-page to be added!!!) Or our FAFI Facebook page: (to be set up!!!)

Tanjung Pandan(Belitung/ Billiton Island)

Muara Angke(West Java)

Cirebon Area(West Java)

Tegal(Central Java)

Banjar Area(South Kalimantan)

Prigi(East Java)

Kediri Area(East Java)

Fisheries andAquaculture for FoodSecurity in Indonesia(FAFI)

Project Information Sheet

Project areas