#agriculture ministry

Collection of agriculture ministry news, found 114 news.

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

Govt set to form national food security board

The government is set to form a national food security board as part of the efforts to ensure food security, which is ...

Some 170,000 Slaughter Cows Prepared for Ramadan Needs

The government is preparing some 170 thousand heads of cattle, to meet the demand for meat during the fasting month of ...

Fishery ministry warns against breeding of foreign fish species

The marine and fishery ministry has warned of extinction of Indonesian endemic fish species with the breeding of ...

Next government expected to ensure food security

The next government of Indonesia after the upcoming July 9, 2014, presidential election is expected to ensure food ...

RI needs to develop local cattle ranches

The soaring beef price in the domestic market of late, particularly in Jakarta, has been blamed on stock shortage, ...

Meat scandal "drags down" some cadres of muslim-based party

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has made a move that "shocked" some Indonesian people earlier this year ...

Indonesian govt to stabilize beef prices

Chief Economic minister Hatta Rajasa has said that the government will speed up beef supply to stabilize prices which ...

AGO names three suspects in hybrid seed graft case

The Attorney General`s Office confirmed on Friday it has named three suspects in an alleged graft case related to the ...

Jakarta customs foil attempt to smuggle beef from Australia

The Customs office in cooperation with the Quarantine Agency of the agriculture ministry has foiled an attempt to ...

Party chief detained over alleged involvement in bribery case

Indonesia`s anti-graft body KPK detained Prosperous Justice Party chief Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq on Thursday in connection ...

KPK arrests three suspects in high profile bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested three suspects involved in an alleged high profile bribery ...

Kulon Progo floods inflict Rp3.42 bln losses to agriculture sector

Floods that affected Kulonprogo district, Yogyakarta province, recently caused at least Rp3.24 billion in losses to ...

Indonesia should stop rice imports in 2013

As an agrarian country, Indonesia should not depend on other countries for agricultural products. Hence, rice ...

Indonesia needs 14 mln ha to achieve rice surplus

Indonesia needs 14.02 million hectares of rice fields to achieve a rice surplus of five million tons, an Agriculture ...