JAKARTA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will shift the focus of its Free Nutritious Meals program to maximize budget efficiency and enhance food quality, newly inaugurated National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Nanik S. Deyang said Monday.
"Our immediate priority is budget efficiency to avoid straining the state budget, while maintaining our established nutritional targets for beneficiaries," Nanik said following her inauguration.
To achieve this, the BGN will temporarily halt the construction of new meal-service kitchens to evaluate and map out the ideal capacity required for each region, ensuring supply matches local demand, Nanik said.
Additionally, the agency said it plans to review and refocus its beneficiary list to guarantee that aid is directed precisely to children and vulnerable groups in urgent need of nutritional intervention, while simultaneously tightening quality control on existing kitchens. ■