#agricultural land

Collection of agricultural land news, found 252 news.

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 ...

Govt to expand farmland area by 2 mln hectares

The government has set itself the target of expanding the country`s agricultural land area by 2 million hectares in ...

Climate change begins changing food production pattern

Climate change is now no longer a potenial threat to Indonesia`s food production but a phenomenon that has already ...

Two presidential instructions expected to maintain food resilience

Two presidential instructions (Inpres) are expected to be issued at the end of this month on measures to safeguard ...

New policy needed to secure agricultural lands: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia needs a new policy or regulation to secure agricultural lands to ...

Govt to pursue nine ways to stabilize food prices

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government would implement nine solutions to keep the domestic food prices ...