#agricultural sector

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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 ...

RI has chance to become food producing country: President

The natural resources and technical abilities as well as research facilities which actually could be optimized further ...

Ministry to use budget allocation to increase rice production

Agriculture Minister Siswono said he would use the 2012 budget allocation totaling Rp17.8 trillion for his ministry ...

Jambi`s trade surplus down 20.73 pct

Jambi province`s trade surplus in June 2011 fell 20.73 percent to US$110.36 million from US$139.22 million a month ...

Govt to raise smallholder business credit ceiling

The government is mulling to raise the ceiling of smallholder business credits (KUR) by 25 percent to Rp25 trillion ...

BPS : Q2 economic growth 6.43 pct

Head of the Central Kalimantan Board of Statistics (BPS) Panusunan Siregar said according to constant prices of gross ...