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Govt preparing NTT to become Indonesia`s cotton belt

The Indonesian government is currently preparing East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to become an Indonesian cotton belt. ...

Minister to lay SPI corner stone in Wakatobi

Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad will lay the first corner stone of the Wakatobi International Fishery School on July ...

Rice stocks enough to face fasting month

The government has assured that rice stocks in the face of the fasting month next August were enough with the ...

News Focus: PPP has objective political attitude in many ways

Seen as a moderate Islamic party, the United Development Party (PPP) has been showing an objective political attitude ...

PPP To Increase Its Members By 12 Million

The United Development Party (PPP) has set itself a target to increase around 12 million members in the next three ...

RI`s rice production estimated to rise 2.4 pct

Indonesia`s rice production is estimated to rise by 2.4 percent this year, according to the National Statistics Agency ...

Coffee helping to conserve Aceh`s environment

On a sunny afternoon at a coffee shop in Banda Aceh city, Aceh province, four men were engrossed in a lively ...

China floods kill 44 in drought-hit provinces

Torrential rain in two drought-stricken central China provinces triggered landslides and brought down houses, killing ...

China floods kill 24, force 100.000 to evacuate

Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and ...

Maize production surplus estimated at 2.6 million tons

The Agriculture Ministry has predicted that the country`s maize production surplus in 2011 would reach 2.6 million ...

Forestry Ministry to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts

The forestry ministry plans to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts which often occur on Sumatra Island. ...

Polman to have cacao fertilizer plant

The West Sulawesi administration planned to build a cacao fertilizer plant in Luyo sub-district, Polman regency, to ...

Minister calls on regional govts to preserve paddy fields

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

"Mysterious" Sumatran Elephant Deaths Remain Unsolved

Conflicts between Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and humans have increased over the past few years ...

Floods affect 62,686 ha of paddy fields since early 2011

The Agriculture Ministry recorded floods affected 62,686 hectares of paddy fields in the January-March 2011 period ...