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Agriculture minister expresses concern over land conversion

Agriculture minister Suswono expressed deep concern on Saturday over the loss of farm land, especially in Java. ...

Floods begin to affect various parts of Indonesia

In the run-up to the end of the year this week, the on-going rainy season has begun to trigger floods in various parts ...

Palestinian mosque attacked in West Bank

Unknown attackers scrawled anti-Arab graffiti on the walls of a West Bank mosque overnight and tried to set it on ...

Small farmers should be basis of food development

Smallholder`s agriculture and food estates must be synchronized with development of the country`s food resilience so ...

Land expansion needed to achieve food production target: minister

Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia needed the support of more land to achieve its target of 10 million ...

Food self-sufficiency target should be measurable

The government`s target of achieving lasting food self-sufficiency should be appreciated but they should should also ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

S Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports wown 34 pct

South Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports through Makassar`s Soekarno-Hatta Seaport, in the January-June 2011 period fell ...

More Indonesian bird species nearing extinction

More Indonesian bird species are threatened by extinction due to the loss of their habitat to forest destruction or ...

Minister calls on regional govts to preserve paddy fields

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

Half of RI`s oil palm plantations foreign-owned

The Environmental Forum of Indonesia (WALHI) says fifty-percent of the country`s oil palm plantations are owned by ...

RI hopes ASEAN to share common stand on rice reserves

Indonesia hopes members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will agree on the need to increase rice ...

Forestry minister pledges pro-people, pro-growth policies

Indonesia has joined the world in celebrating the International Year of Forest 2011 as declared by The United Nations ...

Japanese investor trains Biak Numfor people to cultivate rice

A Japanese investor, PT Omega Tekno, is familiarizing the people of Rimba Jaya village in Biak Numfor district, ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...