Blue Food Assessment: Indonesia
Analyzing national data sets for insights on nutrition and the environment.
Under a 2023 Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), the Center for Ocean Solutions has helped the government integrate blue foods into the country’s national development plan and produce a national blue food assessment to guide implementation.
From 2023 – 2025, Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions and Center for Human Rights and International Justice collaborated with the Indonesian government, civil society organizations, and businesses to co-design research and solutions that could help Indonesia capitalize on the potential of blue foods to improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods. The effort was built on research generated by the global Blue Food Assessment to develop a detailed assessment for Indonesia.
As part of the assessment, center researchers authored reports on nutrition and the environment. Report findings will help the government make better use of commonly produced and consumed blue foods to address malnutrition, assess coastal impacts of aquaculture, and address social and economic disparities that currently limit access to blue foods. It will also inform the integration of nutritious blue foods into the nation's free school meals program, another effort the center is supporting. The complete Blue Food Assessment for Indonesia was launched on August 6, 2025 (watch the launch event).
- David Cohen | Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice
- Zach Koehn | Research Data Scientist, Center for Ocean Solutions
- Jim Leape | Co-director, Center for Ocean Solutions
- Elizabeth Selig | Managing Director, Center for Ocean Solutions
- Colette Wabnitz | Lead Scientist, Center for Ocean Solutions
The blue foods in national development plans project was made possible through funding contributions from the Realizing Environmental Innovation Program at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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