Jayapura, Papua, Feb. 2 -- The government's free nutritious meals program is currently being implemented in various regions of Indonesia, including Papua.

The Papuan provincial government is determined to make the program a success through several methods, including conducting trials of providing free meals in several locations.

Together with nine regencies and cities, the Papua government is optimizing the use of nutritious local food to reduce program costs.

Regencies and cities in Papua have relied on imported agricultural commodities and other basic ingredients, making them costly for the free meals program.

Therefore, the provincial government is intensifying efforts to cultivate local food sources to provide affordable ingredien...