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El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara

The weather phenomenon El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) with widespread harvest failure and ...

Balinese farmers insure 4,000 hectares of rice fields

As many as 4,000 hectares of rice fields belonging to Balinese farmers are included in the rice farming insurance ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

Pakistan’s Wasil Foundation Wins Islamic Microfinance Challenge

- The Wasil Foundation, a Pakistan-based microfinance institution, won the Islamic Microfinance Challenge, a global ...

World Cocoa Foundation Co-Hosts International Conference on Cocoa Sustainability in Indonesia

- The global sustainable cocoa community convenes in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on May 15-16 for the Sixth Indonesian ...

RI does not need to import rice in 2014

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said that Indonesia would not need to import rice in 2014 because the government ...

Bulog determined not to import rice this year

The state logistics agency (Bulog) is determined not to import rice this year if the unhulled rice production target ...

APEC SOM closed with establishment of connectivity framework

APEC delegates closed their Senior Officials` Meeting here on Thursday after they agreed to establish a connectivity ...

Farmers demand compensation for their narcotics plants

Farmers in Cisarua, in the mountain resort of Puncak, Bogor, said they would destroy their chata edulis plants,locally ...

Floods kill three in Bekasi

The floods that hit Bekasi district, West Java province, on January 18-19 have killed three people, according to a ...

Govt to provide subsidy for farmers: legislator

The government will provide subsidy for farmers in compensation for fuel oil price hikes next April, a legislator ...

Pusri guarantees sufficient supply of subsidized fertilizer in Bengkulu

Fertilizer company PT Pusri guarantees sufficient supply of subsidized fertilizer for farmers in Bengkulu province, a ...

Govt urged to form food ministry

The Indonesian Farmers Association (SPI) urged the government on Monday to form a food ministry soon as part of ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Almost 96,000 people facing food crisis

A serious food crisis threatens 95,973 people in NTT Province, an official said. "The total of 95,973 people ...