Jakarta, Sept. 11 -- The Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs is positioning the bioeconomy as a key pillar to strengthen the national economy by leveraging sustainable natural resources to ensure long-term food security.

"The bioeconomy is essentially an economic system that utilizes natural resources, and this is what we are currently promoting," said Deputy for Food Affordability and Safety at the Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs, Nani Hendiarti, during the Katadata Sustainability Action for the Future Economy (SAFE) 2025 event in Jakarta on Wednesday (Sept. 10).

Hendiarti emphasized the importance of developing the bioeconomy as a sustainable, resource-based model that could become a central pillar of Indonesia's economic de...