#crops

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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 ...

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 ...

Afghan war violence up nearly 40 percent: UN

Violent incidents in the Afghan war have increased by nearly 40 percent over last year, according to UN figures. ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

Drought affected 95,391 hectares of rice fields in 2011 : Minister

Drought has affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in various regions in Indonesia from January to August this year ...

NTT`s villages receive funds from rural agribusiness development program

Some 1,779 villages, or 60 percent of the total 2,966 villages in 20 districts in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Farmers urged to plant secondary crops to terminate pest attacks

Farmers in three sub districts, in Batang, Central Java, are called on to plant secondary crops in order to terminate ...

Planthoppers attack farmers` crops in Central Java

Thousands of hectares of paddy fields are being attacked by brown planthoppers in Central Java, one of the food crop ...