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East Nusa Tenggara to repair 60 thousand hectares of tertiary irrigation canals

The East Nusa Tenggara government will repair 60 thousand hectares of tertiary irrigation canals as part of a program ...

ADB president praises Indonesia for progress made in enforcing reforms

President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao praised the Indonesian government for its progress in ...

Indonesia seeking to boost investor confidence

Indonesia is seeking to improve its investment licensing procedures to boost investor confidence in the country, ...

President Jokowi reminds farmers of target for rice self sufficiency

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded Indonesian farmers on Friday of the target in three years to achieve rice self ...

Jokowi kick-starts ambitious infrastructure development from Raknano

Raknamo is only an isolated village in the remote sub-district of Amabi Oefeto, Regency of Kupang, East Nusa ...

Raknamo first of 49 reservoirs to be built: President

Raknamo reservoir in East Nusa Tenggara province is the first of 49 dams the government will build in the next five ...

Government to repair irrigation for 3 million hectares of farm lands

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said the government will repair irrigation system for 3 million hectares of farm ...

Indonesia fuel subsidies diverted for public welfare

The government of President Joko Widodo and Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla finally decided to raise the price of ...

Jakarta claims to be better prepared to tackle floods

Jakarta is notorious for its traffic jams and floods during the rainy season, which usually begins late in the year ...

President Jokowi ready to face unpopularity over fuel policy

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that he is ready to accept the unpopularity he might face due to his planned ...

Improving irrigation system a priority: Chief economic minister

Improving irrigation networks covering one million hectares of rice fields in the country will be prioritized by the ...

President explains plans to divert fuel subsidy

Energy subsidy amounting to some Rp330 trillion, which burdens the state budget, will be diverted from this ...

Indonesia pays more attention to Sub-Saharan Africa

Indonesia pays more and more attention to Sub-Saharan Africa as promising emerging markets in the next decades. ...

Government responds to call for addressing drought

The Indonesian government on Monday announced it has mapped out alternative water sources for the countrys drought-hit ...

Guatemala army chief of staff dies in helicopter crash

Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died Wednesday (August 20) when their ...