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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 ...

ADB predicts Indonesia`s growth at five percent this year

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted Indonesias 2016 economic growth will reach 5 percent, down from its ...

Make urbanization positive: VP

The time has come to change the negative image of urbanization into a positive one in the future, Vice President Jusuf ...

State companies ready to absorb up to Rp300 trillion of repatriated fund

Minister for State Enterprises Rini Soemarno said a number of state companies (BUMN) could make use of up to Rp300 ...

Economy grows 4.92 pct in first quarter: BPS

Indonesias economy grew by 4.92 percent in the first quarter of this year due to, among other factors, government ...

RI still has chance to achieve growth target of 5.3 percent

Indonesia will be able to achieve the economic growth target of 5.3 percent set for this year despite the ...