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No need to import food to face El Nino: Kalla

The government does not need to import food commodities to face the impacts of El Nino on Indonesia, Vice President M. ...

Bekasi police interrogates 20 witnesses over plastic rice case

The Bekasi police is interrogating 20 witnesses over the plastic rice case. "Until now, 20 witnesses have been ...

Govt concludes no plastic rice in circulation: Police

The government has come to the conclusion that there is no synthetic rice containing plastic substances in circulation ...

Johnny Depp`s pet dogs may be killed by Australian authorities

The Australian government has issued an official warning that two tiny dogs owned by famed actor Johnny Depp may be ...

Govt to raise allocation of subsidized fertilizers

The Agriculture Ministry plans to raise the allocation of subsidized fertilizers this year which stands at 9.5 million ...

Indonesia to not import rice any longer

- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has expressed hope that domestic farm products will be able to meet ...

Indonesia should protect its agriculture sector

With some 60-70 percent of its 240 million population hailing from the farming community, Indonesia needs to protect ...

Indonesia to import double refined sugar not white sugar

Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said Indonesia will import doubble-refined sugar for industry not white or ...

President calls for optimizing land exploitation

President Joko Widodo has called for the application of poly-culture to optimize the use of land, including that ...

Govt will design rice planting, harvesting cycle: President

The government will design a cycle for rice planting and harvesting to avoid stocking excessive amounts of rice during ...

President wants farmers to increase rice production

President Joko Widodo has urged farmers to boost the yield of rice to maintain the availability of food stocks. ...

Ministers report to president about land for marginal farmers

Three ministers report to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) progress made in the plans to provide nine million hectares ...

Observer appreciates President Jokowi`s rice production target

Agribusiness observer Leta Rafael Levis of the Kupang-based Nusa Cendana University (Undana), East Nusa Tenggara, has ...

Indonesian government to build 10 new sugar factories

The agriculture ministry would build 10 new sugar factories to reduce imports of raw sugar and to create self ...

Minister to promote micro and small jamu businesses

The government will strive to leverage the Indonesian herbal and traditional medicine (jamu) by encouraging the small ...