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Indonesia shifts Rp7 trillion budget to help farmers fight drought

Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture is redirecting a budget of Rp7 trillion (around US$416 million) to assist ...

Agriculture Ministry works with Bulog to absorb farmers' production

Acting Agriculture Minister Arief Prasetyo Adi affirmed that his ministry is intensifying efforts to boost production ...

Bapanas points on rice's price ceiling for policy formulation

Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), Arief Prasetyo Adi, emphasized that the retail price ceiling (HET) of rice ...

Smart agriculture to solve El Niño food security challenges

El Niño phenomenon is a climate pattern characterized by sea temperatures at the surface in the central Pacific ...

MPR asks govt to secure rice availability as El Nino looms

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has asked the government to secure rice availability ...

Trade Ministry strengthens coordination to anticipate El Nino

  The Ministry of Trade is strengthening coordination with relevant institutions and ministries to anticipate ...

Parts of Indonesia to experience dry season starting April 2022

Parts of Indonesia will enter the dry season in April 2022, Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency ...

Expert calls to bolster mitigation to address drought impacts

Hydrology and Water Resources Expert at Jenderal Soedirman University, Yanto, Ph.D, reminded all parties of the ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

Southern Indonesia's regions arid, equator still receiving rains: BMKG

Dry season has set in most of Indonesia's southern part, though high rainfall can potentially still be received in ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

Ministry to commence food estate development project in 2020-2022

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has set a target to revive 165 thousand hectares of land as a food ...

Riau allots Rp191.6 billion for households impacted by COVID-19

The Riau provincial government has assigned financial assistance fund of Rp191.6 billion to help households bearing the ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Mt Ile Mandiri in Larantuka again besieged by wildfire

A wildfire again ravaged Mount Ile Mandiri in Larantuka, the capital of East Flores District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) ...