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Rice plantation sooner as precaution against food crisis amid pandemic

The Agriculture Ministry is implementing a program called the Paddy Planting Acceleration Movement in several regions ...

Ensuring water availability important for realizing food resilience

Yanto Ph.D, a hydrological and water resources expert at the Jenderal Soedirman University, highlighted the criticality ...

Govt to raise water storage infrastructure capacity against drought

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will optimize the capacity of water storage infrastructure ...

President cautions of food crop sub-sector contracting in Q1 2020

President Joko Widodo expressed concern over the contraction in several sub-sectors, including food crops, thereby ...

Imported garlic to enter domestic markets this month: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said about 78 thousand tons of imported garlic will ...

President prepares three-step strategy to tackle harsher dry season

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has prepared three steps as a precautionary measure against the impact of a likely ...

President calls on farmers to expedite planting before dry season

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appealed to farmers to speed up the planting season before the 2020 dry season sets ...

Rice management key to mitigating food crisis: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said rice management is key to anticipating and mitigating any food crisis in wake ...

Wildfire exhumes two hectares of peatland in Aceh

A wildfire scorched two hectares of peatland area in Lamie Village, Darul Makmur Sub-district, Nagan Raya District, ...

BNPB records 652 natural disasters in February 2020

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) recorded 652 natural disasters that hit several parts of Indonesia in ...

BPPT tasked with creating national artificial intelligence strategy

Minister of Research and Technology (Menristek) Bambang P. S. Brodjonegoro assigned the Agency for the Assessment and ...

Bintan island prone to water crisis annually: expert

Bintan island, a tourist resort in Riau Islands Province, is prone to water crisis annually, because of poor water ...

Spodoptera frugiperda attacks maize plantations in Sikka

Head of the Agriculture Office of Sikka District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Mauritius Terwinyu da Cunha said that some ...

Development must curb environmental impacts: BNPB

Every development project must be mapped out to minimize environmental impacts, according to a panel during the ...

Floods submerge two villages in South Sumatra

Flooding has inundated the villages of Curup and Sukaraja in Tanah Abang Sub-district, Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir ...