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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 ...

"Mysterious" Sumatran elephant deaths remain unsolved

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

RSPO Comments on Proposed Palm Oil Labeling Bill in Australia

-http://www.rspo.org/media/index.php         The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ...

RI`s economy grows 6.5 pct in q1

The Indonesian economy grew 6.5 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from a year earlier on rising investment, exports ...

India successfully puts 3 satellites into orbit

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully put into orbit three satellites using its trusted ...

Landslide from heavy rains kills 20 in Colombia

An avalanche of mud smashed into a local bus in Colombia, killing at least 20 people after heavy rains battering the ...

Caterpillars spread to 17 locations in C Java

The Central Java agricultural, food crops and horticultural agency said that caterpillars have also spread to 17 ...

Caterpillar invasion reaches Denpasar

After breaking out in several eastern parts of Bali, a caterpillar population explosion is now also happening on the ...

Seventy-one experts assigned to probe caterpillar infestation in Bali

Seventy-one plant pest experts have been assigned to probe and study the caterpillar infestation in Bali, an ...