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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 ...

Ministry to use budget allocation to increase rice production

Agriculture Minister Siswono said he would use the 2012 budget allocation totaling Rp17.8 trillion for his ministry ...

Pakistan floods make 60.000 homeless:officials

Devastating rains have triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 ...

Food Distribution Can Strengthen Nutrition Safety Net

The government is expected to strengthen the nutrition safety net through strong foods distribution to low-income ...

BPS : Q2 economic growth 6.43 pct

Head of the Central Kalimantan Board of Statistics (BPS) Panusunan Siregar said according to constant prices of gross ...

UN to start airlifting food to Somalia

The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an ...

Aceh farmers study agriculture technology in Thailand

Aceh`s provincial Food Crops Affairs Office has sent six farmers to Thailand to learn agricultural technology at the ...

S Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports wown 34 pct

South Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports through Makassar`s Soekarno-Hatta Seaport, in the January-June 2011 period fell ...