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Food diversification through courtyard cultivation

Residential courtyards in Indonesia are being used to cultivate food crops and to diversify food production. ...

Indonesian govt must activate courtyard economy to achieve food sufficiency

Regional governments must build courtyard economy in an effort to develop enough food supplies, an expert has said. ...

Food Diversification Called Key to Food Security

Confronted by the challenge of food security for its population of more than 240 million people, the Government of ...

People encouraged to consume tubers

Various efforts have been made to encourage Indonesian people to consume tubers instead of rice. Tubers have not ...

Indonesian govt hopes to maintain investment growth

Investment in the country in the first nine months of this year increased by 27 percent to Rp229.9 trillion compared ...

Investment in Indonesia grows 27% in January-September 2012

Investment in Indonesia rose 27 percent in the first nine months of this year to Rp229.9 trillion from Rp181 trillion ...

Southwest Maluku Needs Better Transportation Service

Bereft of most methods of transportation and communication, the Southwest Maluku (MBD) district in the province of ...

Indonesia develops courtyard crops as local food source

In anticipation of a national or global food crisis, the Indonesian government has developed the ability to supply ...

Rice fields converted into oil palm plantation in Bengkulu

Hundreds of hectares of rice fields in the sub-district of Talang Empat in the regency of Bengkulu Utara of the ...

Facing anti-malaria nets, mosquitoes alter habits

After two African villages started using mosquito nets to fight malaria, the local mosquitoes seemed to change their ...

Tobacco Farmers Unite in Condemning WHO's Plan to Threaten 30 Million Jobs

-ITGA Launches Global Petition Campaign to Oppose Draconian Measures     More than 30 million ...

Indonesia to import rice from Cambodia

Indonesia will soon sign an agreement to import 100,000 metric tonnes of rice over the next five years from Cambodia, ...

6 people killed by heavy rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Four laborers including three women were buried after a wall of an under construction building collapsed and two other ...

Drought begins to severly affect farmers, food crops

The ongoing drought in Indonesia has begun to affect food crops in various parts of the country, as farmers continue ...

Police general questioned as witness in corruption case

Former chief of the police`s traffic corps Ins. Gen. Djoko Susilo was today questioned by police detective agency as ...