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FAO to confer award on Indonesia

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will confer an award on Indonesia in Rome, Italy, in mid June 2013 for its ...

Food trade distortions still hampering AEC

Trade policy distortions in food and agriculture sector become one of the obstacles in realizing ASEAN Economic ...

WHO says no poultry contact in some China bird flu cases

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of ...

APEC members discuss forest management amid sustainable economic growth

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation`s Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT) has discussed ...

Indonesia, FAO to increase cooperation in agriculture

The Indonesia Ambassador to Italy, August Parengkuan, is keen to increase the cooperation between Indonesia and the ...

Indonesia is working hard to stop illegal fishing

Indonesia is home to more than 17,500 islands and vast water bodies, which is why it is difficult to protect the ...

Food diversification through courtyard cultivation

Residential courtyards in Indonesia are being used to cultivate food crops and to diversify food production. ...

Time for ASEAN Collaboration in Rice Supply

- Over 90% of the world's rice is produced and consumed in the Asia-Pacific region where more than three billion people ...

Govt to set up food agency to achieve food resilience

Indonesia, an agriculture-based country with a population over 237. 6 million and vast tracts of unused land outside ...

Indonesia develops courtyard crops as local food source

In anticipation of a national or global food crisis, the Indonesian government has developed the ability to supply ...

Indonesia expected to anticipate global food crisis

Indonesia and other developing countries in the world are expected to anticipate the global food crisis as early as ...

President Yudhoyono to visit Mongolia

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to make an official visit to Mongolia from September 5 to 7, an ...

Indonesia`s fruit consumption below FAO`s standard

The agriculture ministry said Indonesia`s consumption of fruits and vegetable is still below the standard set by the ...

Collaboration key to innovation: minister

Minister of Research and Technology Gusti Muhammad Hatta said collaboration among academics, the business world, the ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon pledges full support to Qatar for establishing the Global Dry Land

-     -- Panel of global leaders gather in Qatar National Pavilion at Rio+20 UN Conference on ...