Partners’ Response Overview

The Multi Sectoral Response Plan aims at complementing the efforts of the Government of Indonesia in addressing the direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Roadmap of the impact of COVID-19 on the resilience of food systems is being finalized and the Technical Cooperation Programme is prepared to support addressing the most immediate consequences of the pandemic on food systems in the country.

Three bulletins on COVID-19 Economic and Food Security implications for Indonesia have been issued:

1st edition March: Effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on food prices

2nd edition in May: Economic and Food Security implications

3rd edition August: Updated Economic and Food Security implications.

Partners’ COVID-19 response

Vulnerabilities

Fragilities in supply chain and markets are reducing people’s access to adequate diverse sources of food, both in rural and urban areas, especially where the pandemic has been severe and food insecurity is in any case pronounced.

Partners’ COVID-19 response

Activities

WFP has finalized the third bulletin on food security with snapshot of the implications of the pandemic on employment, livelihoods, food security and impact on social protection programmes.

WFP has initiated discussions with the Food Security Agency (BKP) of the MOA and BPS on its feasibility study on utilization of a WFP’s mobile data collection and monitoring (mVAM) in Indonesia. The system allows collecting data on early warning and monitoring the situation in remote locations.

The Rome-based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, and WFP) roadmap of the impact of COVID-19 on resilience of food systems is finalized and the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) is prepared to technically support the Government of Indonesia in addressing the most immediate consequences of the on-going pandemic on the food systems in the country.

FAO, UNICEF and WFP are in the process of implementing a survey to assess the status and determinants of household food security and the nutritional status of under-five and their mothers in informal urban settlements of Jakarta. This study, in such settings, will bring robust evidence on critical issues related to food security and nutrition and provides recommendations to Government and stakeholders for adapted interventions specific to poor urban communities.

WFP initiated collaboration with BKP in strengthening its unified food security and nutrition early-warning monitoring, which builds on the existing Food and Nutrition Surveillance Systems (SKPG).

As of 12 July, Rumah Zakat has provided about 20,000 food packages and 6,000 ready-to-eat meals benefitting to 24,381 poor households.

Partners’ Response Overview

Gaps and Constraints

There is limited multi-stakeholder coordination platform to address the most immediate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food systems in Indonesia.