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President of Indonesia Joko Widodo delivered a speech on reducing stunting or chronic hunger prevalence in the country at the launch of the deliberation on the national medium-term development plan (RPJMN) for 2020-2024 period at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Monday (Dec 16, 2019). (ANTARA)

President Joko Widodo is zeroing in on reducing the prevalence of stunting or chronic hunger in Indonesia by at least 14 percent in the next five years to improve the quality of Indonesian human capital. President Widodo remarked at the launch of the deliberation on the national medium-term development plan (RPJMN) for the 2020-2024 period at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Monday. Following his targets, the president reiterated the significance of feeding nutritious meals to children and students in schools. Apart from nourishing meals, President Widodo also prompted local governments to reduce the maternal mortality rate. The Indonesian government has outlined a target to reduce the prevalence of stunting to under 20 percent by 2024. In the past, a large number of cases of chronic hunger had been observed in several provinces, including East Nusa Tenggara and East Java. (antara)