#dry season

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Agency makes preparations for transition from dry to rainy season

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei claimed his agency had taken precautionary ...

News focus - Audit needed to end rice import polemic By Andi Abdussalam

The polemic on whether Indonesia needs to import rice once again surfaces in public discourses, prompting the ...

Improving the welfare of farmers

Most of Indonesia`s population living in rural areas are farmers, whose main income of more than 70 percent comes from ...

Ministry must have realistic reasons for importing rice

The Trade Ministry must have realistic and rational reasons while deciding to import rice, agriculture expert Totok ...

Wildfires raze part of Mount Ciremai and Mount Slamet forest areas

Wildfires have razed parts of the forest areas on Mount Ciremai, located in Kuningan, West Java Province, and Mount ...

No need to import rice until June 2019: Bulog

Indonesia will not need to import rice, as it has adequate supply of the staple commodity to meet demand until June ...

Haze shrouds Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan

Haze from forest fires has shrouded Banjarmasin City, the capital of South Kalimantan Province, on Monday ...

30 villages in Ngawi face water crisis due to prolonged drought

Thirty villages located in eight sub-districts in Ngawi District, East Java Province, face water shortage due to the ...

news focus - Prolonged drought triggers forest fires in Kalimantan and Java

The Indonesian government has been working all out to prevent forest fires over the last couple of years and been ...

Extreme dry season hits East Nusa Tenggara

The Kupang Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) office has said long days without rain have hit most areas ...

News feature - Asian Games success supported by natural brightness By Otniel Tamindael

The success of the 2018 Asian Games, recently concluded with fond memories in Jakarta and Palembang, was also ...

Indonesia braces for prolonged drought

Hydro-meteorological disasters have over many years dominated natural disasters in Indonesia, which is often flooded ...

Drought affects 22 districts, cities in West Java

Drought has affected 22 districts and cities in West Java Province since August this year, causing water ...

Agriculture Minister to focus on food security

Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has said he would set his focus on four targets related to maintaining food ...

South Kalimantan hopes for more rain to cope with forest fires

The people of South Kalimantan hope that rain would fall again to send away haze of smokes that begin to blanket some ...