#agricultural sector

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Indonesia concerned about stalled Doha round

Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has expressed concern about the stalled Doha round of trade talks which led to ...

Bakrie Group signs us$1b commitment deal with Nigeria

Bakrie Group signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government of Nigeria on an investment deal worth ...

No change in RI govt`s sugar policy

The government`s plan to import 300 - 500 thousand tons of sugar until early next year indicates that the trade ...

Ausaid assists food security program in NTT

Australia`s Agency for International Development (AusAID) will grant A$5 million to support a food security program in ...

Japan mulling formation of emergency rice reserve center

Japan is interested in setting up an emergency rice reserve center to help countries affected by harvest failure, ...

Restore soil fertility to increase food production

Indonesia is striving to further increase food production and other agricultural commodities to ensure the attainment ...

Indonesia`s economy grows 6.5 pct in Q3

Indonesia`s economy grew 6.5 percent in the third quarter this year, according to the National Statistics Agency ...

RI enjoys US$2.8 billion foreign trade surplus in September

Indonesia enjoyed a surplus in both its non-oil/non-gas and oil/gas trading activities with other countries in ...

Chile has Increased Shipments of Food and Beverages to Asia by 50% Over the Past Four Years

-         From 2006 to 2010, Chilean shipments of food and beverages to Asia ...

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 ...

RI potentially become rice exporter: farmers

The gvernment needs to be more selective in its policies on farm seeds in order to make Indonesia a world rice ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

RI govt calls on businessmen to support food resilience program

The government has called on businessmen to support the national food resilience program by investing in the ...

RI to send agricultural expert team to Gambia

The Indonesian government is to send some agricultural experts to Gambia as part of its commitment to assisting other ...

President asks farmers to make Indonesia rice center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appealed on Thursday to all farmers to work hand in hand to make Indonesia the ...