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New Investment Ministry expected to drive economic transformation

The Joko Widodo administration's decision to upgrade the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) into the Ministry of ...

Expert calls to bolster mitigation to address drought impacts

Hydrology and Water Resources Expert at Jenderal Soedirman University, Yanto, Ph.D, reminded all parties of the ...

Oil palm attracts highest agricultural FDI share in 2015-21

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the agriculture sector between 2015 and March, 2021 was dominated by investment in ...

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Aceh in the grip of growing drug problem

Aceh has been in a state of emergency over drug trafficking with trans-national and inter-provincial drug rings still ...

West Aceh readies 5,120 hectares of farmland for food estate program

The Aceh Besar district government is working alongside the SieBreuh Makmue Beusama cooperative unit to develop a food ...

BNN destroys nine hectares of cannabis plantations in North Aceh

Officers from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) set fire to nine hectares of cannabis plantations in two villages of ...

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Restoring popularity of Cianjur as a quality coffee producer

During the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia, forced labor for coffee cultivation was applied in West Java, including in ...

Wild elephants go on rampage in Aceh destroying villagers' harvest

A herd of wild Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) ran amok, inflicting destruction to the harvested crops ...

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Food estate projects must not contribute to deforestation: experts

The Indonesian government last year started developing a food estate project in Pulang Pisau district, Central ...

Papua exploring cooperation with Japan to develop human resources

The Papua provincial administration is exploring cooperation with the government of Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture to ...

Central Java governor asks government to reconsider rice imports

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has asked the central government to reconsider its plan to import 1 million tons ...

Riau allocates 30,000 hectares of land for food estate development

Some 30 thousand hectares of land in Riau have been allocated for food estate development, the province's Governor, ...

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Preserving the sustainability of Papuan staple sago

Sago, a starch extracted from the centre or pith of tropical palm stems, particularly Metroxylon sagu, has ...

ICT, health services sectors supported economy in 2020: BPS

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector as well as health services and social activities were the ...

BKKBN appointed to lead Indonesia's stunting rate reduction efforts

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has tasked the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) with executing ...