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Jokowi calls for paradigm change to increase farmers` profit

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called for a paradigm change in the policy to increase farmers profit margins ...

President criticizes IPB for failing to produce farmers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has criticized the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) for failing to produce ...

Government should make greater efforts to reduce poverty rate: BPS

The government will need to put in greater efforts to lower the poverty rate in Indonesia to less than 10 percent, ...

Government develops sembalun as garlic production center

The government has developed Sembalun region in East Lombok of West Nusa Tenggara as a garlic production center. ...

Jokowi calls for acceleration of S Sumatra infrastructure project

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called for the acceleration of strategic projects in South Sumatra, especially ...

Govt cuts supply chain to curb inflation

The Trade Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry are cooperating with farmers and markets to cut the lengthy supply ...

Indonesia moves towards modern agriculture: Minister

The Indonesian government is moving towards modern agriculture in an effort to ensure farmers welfare in the future, ...

Indonesia should protect its agriculture sector

With some 60-70 percent of its 240 million population hailing from the farming community, Indonesia needs to protect ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Next government expected to ensure food security

The next government of Indonesia after the upcoming July 9, 2014, presidential election is expected to ensure food ...

Conversion of land function reduces farmers` welfare

The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) said that the increasing conversion of agricultural land into settlement or ...

Rattan export ban makes its farmers miserable

The ban on the export of raw and semi processed rattan materials has made rattan farmers and entrepreneurs in ...

Old sugar mills` rejuvenation needed to achieve self-sufficiency

State-owned sugar mills in the country should be rejuvenated as soon as possible in order to achieve sugar ...

Research key to improving small farmers` welfare

Agriculture experts from Indonesia and Australia will meet in Bogor on Wednesday (Nov.30, 2011) to identify research ...

RI advised to end dependence on food imports

Indonesia should end its dependence on food imported from other Southeast Asian countries if it wants to fully ...