#drought

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Bali declares emergency alert status for two weeks

Bali Acting Governor Sang Made Mahendra Jaya set an emergency alert status on the island for the next 14 days in ...

Indonesia needs 300 more dams to face water crises: Ministry

Indonesia needs 300 more dams to anticipate natural disasters, such as water crises due to climate change, according to ...

W Java provides 16 mln liters of water to drought-affected families

The provincial government of West Java has said that it has so far distributed more than 16 million liters of water to ...

Number of hotspots in E Kalimantan down to 102: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that the number of hotspots indicating ...

Food production still good despite El Nino impact: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that national food production is still in good condition despite the El Nino ...

Need presidential instruction to accelerate clean water access

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono, has underlined the need for a presidential instruction ...

Deep dive into the government's scheme to handle food crisis

The food crisis is currently threatening the world after the COVID-19 pandemic, with global leaders having starting to ...

Three provinces should stay alert for new wildfire risks: BMKG

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), on Tuesday, warned residents in South ...

Indonesia to import additional 1.5 mln tons of rice

The Indonesian government will import an additional 1.5 million tons of rice to bolster domestic stocks. "We ...

BRIN outlines three steps to prevent El Nino-induced crop failures

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has invited farmers to take three steps in a bid to suppress the ...

Government striving to suppress rice price inflation: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the government is endeavoring to suppress the increasing rice prices to ...

Indonesia has 11 drought-resistant rice varieties: BRIN

Indonesia is blessed with 11 drought-resistant rice varieties that have a high level of tolerance to extreme weather, ...

Some 33 hotspots detected in South Kalimantan's Banjarmasin: BPBD

Banjarmasin City's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that 33 hotspots indicating wildfires had been ...

BNPB modifies weather to handle S Kalimantan forest, land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has carried out weather modification to cause artificial rain in South ...

TNI ready to help put out forest, land fires: commander

Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), Admiral Yudo Margono, has said that TNI is ready to support and ...