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Fruits of the Past: Revisiting Indonesia’s trade policy

- Indonesia cannot afford to lose its focus on improving its trade policies. Joko Widodo’s administration has ...

President asks W Nusa Tenggara to maintain economic growth momentum

President Joko Widodo has asked the West Nusa Tenggara provincial government to maintain high economic growth momentum ...

Indonesia, Netherlands enhance cooperation in vocational education

The governments of Indonesia and the Netherlands intensified vocational education and cultural cooperation through the ...

Indonesia needs to rejuvenate palm oil plantations

With some 11.6 million hectares of plantations, Indonesia needs to rejuvenate its palm oil trees to maintain its ...

Military actively participating in food sufficiency program

The Joko Widodo administration is committed to achieving food sufficiency, as the government aspires to transform the ...

CPO export drops but price on the rise

Indonesias export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives fell by nearly 2 percent to 25.7 million tons in 2016 ...

Indonesian Agriculture Minister chairs meeting on food resilience in S.E. Sulawesi

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman chaired a coordinating meeting on food resilience, here, Friday. The ...

hong kong confirms second bird flu death this winter - (d)

A 62-year-old man travelling from mainland China died in Hong Kong from bird flu on Friday (Jan. 6), the second such ...

Indonesian agricultural programs deemed successful in 2016

One of the aims of the Indonesian governments programs in 2016 was to advance the agricultural sector, in order to ...

China reports first two human fatalities from bird flu this winter

Two people in the Chinese province of Anhui have died of bird flu infection, the first fatalities among this winters ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s agriculture has better prospects in 2017

The El Nino weather phenomenon that struck Indonesia in 2015, bringing droughts and wide-spread forest and land fires, ...

Indonesia reduces foodstuff imports

Indonesia is steadily reducing the import of foods such as corn and rice, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said. ...

Unemployment rate decreases in Jakarta

The Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS) said Jakartas unemployment rate was 6.12 percent in August, 2016 or 1.11 ...

Indonesia one of safest nations: Greek minister

Indonesia is one of the safest nations in the world, according to Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. "For ...

Food diversification needs to be promoted

The government of Indonesia needs to continuously promote diversification of food to reduce the public dependence on ...