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Preserving forests to sustain food independence in N Maluku

Renowned biologist Alfred Russel Wallace has famously written about his delight at discovering an Ornithoptera ...

News Feature

Spicy food lovers, try spiciest bird's eye Hiyung chili

Spicy food always tantalizes the Indonesian palate, as is apparent from several traditional culinary delicacies having ...

South Sumatra police apprehend 49 suspected drug traffickers, users

The police in South Sumatra Province arrested 49 people suspected of trafficking and consuming crystal methamphetamine, ...

Farmers exchange rate up 0.37% in December 2020: BPS

The index of the Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) rose by 0.37 percent to 103.25 in December, 2020 compared to 102.86 in ...

Job Creation Law protects indigenous people: KSP

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Deputy II key expert Usep Setiawan highlighted that Law Number 11 of 2020 on Job ...

Strengthen business ecosystem for farmers, fishermen : President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called to strengthen the business ecosystem for farmers and fishermen to facilitate ...

Papua's Arso Kota still safeguarded by 400 police personnel

Some 400 police personnel continue to safeguard Arso Kota, Arso Sub-district, Keerom District, Papua, as a ...

Police refute crackdown on demonstrators rallying against autonomy

The Indonesian police officers in Mimika District, Papua Province, dismissed claims of having cracked down on several ...

Farmers exchange rate rose by 0.56 percent in August 2020

Based on results of monitoring rural prices in 34 provinces in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) noted ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

Govt committed to strengthening social protection: President

The government is committed to strengthening social protection and food security, President Joko Widodo stressed while ...

Annual Speech

Jokowi highlights Indonesia's efforts to attain energy autonomy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pointed to Indonesia’s massive endeavors, including through the production of ...

Family farms vital to food security, in need of support: FAO

Millions of family farmers in the Asia-Pacific region will need help to ensure food security in wake of the coronavirus ...

News Feature

Forestry partnerships in Jambi help small farmers, resolve conflicts

Many smallholder farmers in Indonesia, who depend on selling fresh oil palm fruit bunches to earn a living, are ...

Wild Sumatran tiger captured in West Sumatra's Solok District

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) got ensnared in a trap recently installed by the West Sumatra Natural ...