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RI preparing letter to respond to EPA`s CPO ruling

The agriculture ministry is currently preparing a letter to the United States to respond to the US Environmental ...

Govt sets base buying price of rice at Rp6,600

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree setting the government`s base purchasing price of rice at ...

Govt to apply one-door system to food imports

The Agriculture Ministry is to propose the application of a "one-door" system with regard to food imports whereby ...

Govt prepares int`l cooperation for food security

The government is preparing a draft of international cooperation scheme to safeguard the country`s food security ...

Govt allocates rp26 bln for W Nusa Tengara`s food security

The government has allocated Rp26.852 billion in funds to finance a food security program in West Nusa Tenggara ...

RI`s plantation commodity exports up $8.4 bln

Indonesia`s plantation commodity exports are predicted to increase by up to US$8.4 billion to US$35.72 billion last ...

RI suffers deficit in horticultural product trading

Indonesia suffered a deficit of US$814.5 million in its trade in horticultural products with foreign countries in ...

RI`s 2012 meat need estimated at 484,000 tons

Indonesia`s need for meat this year will reach 484 thousand tons, a senior Agriculture Ministry official predicted on ...

Australia, Indonesia join in fight against animal diseases

Australia and Indonesia are working together to help control infectious animal diseases in South Sulawesi and West ...

Vice president underlines the need to preserve functions of forests

Vice President Boediono underlined the importance of preserving the function of forests in restoring ecological ...

Restore soil fertility to increase food production

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

NGO demands consistent implementation of soil fertility restoration programs

A non-governmental organization (NGO) advocating preservation of soil fertility (PKL) has demanded that the ...

news focus: Indonesia on alert over return of bird flu

Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih has been closely following the apparent return of bird flu or avian ...

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 ...

Mari Elka challenged to develop creative economy

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said she was now challenged to develop the sectors of ...