#drought

Collection of drought news, found 780 news.

Impacts of El Nino still manageable: Agriculture minister

The drought triggered by the El Nino phenomenon is still manageable and will not affect national food resilience, ...

three east java reservoirs have dried up - (d)

East Javas Pacal, Gondang, and Prijetan reservoirs have dried up as their water is mostly used to irrigate local rice ...

President requests agriculture minister for reports on drought

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked the agriculture minister for reports on the impacts of the El Nino ...

Core inflation trend affirms Indonesia`s current economic stability

As announced by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) on Monday, August 3, the inflation trend indicates that ...

Steps have been taken to avert drought disaster: Minister

The Public Works and Housing Ministry said it has taken a number of steps to avert damage by extreme dry season this ...

Agriculture Ministry prepares Rp800 billion to handle drought

The Ministry of Agriculture has set aside Rp800 billion in anticipation of the impacts the ongoing drought may have on ...

Hotspots detected in C. Kalimantan

As many as 25 hotspots were detected in several areas of Kotawaringin Timur district in Central Kalimantan on Monday, ...

Indonesian drought will not cause rice shortage

The ongoing drought affecting various parts of Indonesia will not cause shortage of rice this year as the government ...

Indonesia bracing for worse impact of El Nino

The weather phenomenon El Nino has started to take toll in some parts of Indonesia. Harvest failures were ...

Indonesians should store water when it is available in abundance

Indonesia is prone to hydro-meteorological natural disasters, as many parts of the country are often flooded during ...

102 Indonesian districts suffer from drought: Mitigation Agency

The Indonesia National Disaster Mitigation Agency has said that at least 102 districts in Indonesia are experiencing ...

President Jokowi chairs meeting on El Nino

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led a limited cabinet meeting here on Friday to discuss measures to face drought and ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

NTT farmers urged to brace for El Nino-induced drought

Farmers in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province have been urged to brace for El Nino-induced drought expected to hit from ...

No need to import food to face El Nino: Kalla

The government does not need to import food commodities to face the impacts of El Nino on Indonesia, Vice President M. ...