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Palestinians hurt by lack of access to water springs: UN report

Palestinians living in the West Bank have been losing access to water springs due to the actions of Israeli settlers ...

Bulog sets aside Rp30 tln to buy local rice

National Logistics Agency (Bulog) is setting aside Rp30 trillion in funds to buy rice and unhulled rice from local ...

Batu farmers export record number of potatoes to Singapore

Farmers in the East Java provincial town of Batu, working together as the Mitra Arjuna Farmers Association, have for ...

Mukomuko district to process garbage into organic fertilizer

The Mukomuko district government in Bengkulu province is to implement a program to recycle and process household ...

Reviving C. Sulawesi cocoa`s glory

Central Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports plunged to a record low last year, though the crop had become the province`s key ...

Rains let loose land mines, shut Peru-Chile border

Flooding rivers in Peru and Chile have ruined houses, displaced people, and turned up something more sinister: land ...

news focus: heart of Borneo designated as "world`s lungs"

Kalimantan Island or also known as Borneo is host to a vast area of the country`s remaining tropical rainforests ...

JOil Sees Tripling of Jatropha Productivity over Next Eight Years

--- Scientific findings and process on biofuel crop presented in a paper delivered at INSULA (International Scientific ...

President calls for industrial innovations in food, energy fields

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Indonesian industrialists to take innovative initiatives in the food ...

Fertilizer price hikes posing problem to farmers

The 12.5 percent rise in the highest retail price (HET) of subsidized urea fertilizer per January 1, 2012 from Rp1,600 ...

Shenzhen finds cancer-causing mildew in food

The food safety regulator in the southern city of Shenzhen said Friday it uncovered carcinogenic mildew-tainted ...

Kyodo News Launches One-stop Trilingual Portal for Japan Information

-     Kyodo News launched on December 1 a one-stop trilingual portal site that allows users outside ...

No change in RI govt`s sugar policy

The government`s plan to import 300 - 500 thousand tons of sugar until early next year indicates that the trade ...

Bill Gates Calls on G20 Leaders Not to Turn Their Backs on the World's Poor

-      - Report Highlights Role of Innovation in Expanding Development Resources for the ...

Food insecurity still haunting Indonesia by otniel tamindael - (d)

Indonesia is still confronted by the challenge of food security for its 234 million population, the fourth largest in ...