REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has urged the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support the nation's sustainable palm oil. She explained palm oil plantations significantly contribute to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

"The FAO's support to sustainable palm oil in Indonesia is equally important," Minister Marsudi stated at a meeting with new FAO Representative to Indonesia Stephen Rudgard, who submitted his credentials on Monday, the FAO noted in the statement made available to Antara here on Tuesday.

At the meeting, Marsudi also voiced Indonesia's concern for improving food security.

"I emphasized the importance of small farmers in the global food supply chain," the minister remarked on her Twitter account.