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Indonesia has many experts in science and technology: minister

Indonesia has many competent experts who have made products of science and technology in various fields to support the ...

CIFOR names Peter Holmgren new director general

The Bogor-based CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) has named Dr Peter Holmgren as its new director ...

Two UN workers, four Shiites killed in Pakistan: police

Gunmen separately killed four Shiite Muslims and two local UN employees Thursday in Baluchistan, a Pakistani province ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...

Indonesian-Austrian scientists meet in earth resilience symposium

Association of Indonesian Youngster and Student in Austria in cooperation with Association of Indonesian International ...

S. Korea to help stem FMD outbreak in Asian nations

South Korea will spend US$2.61 million in the next four years to help fight foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Southeast ...

House to revise food law

The House of Representatives (DPR) is planning to revise Law No. 7 of 1996 on Food on the ground it is no longer ...

Adaptive technology needed to support indonesia`s food security

Indonesia needs an adaptive technology in developing commodities that will support its food security, a minister ...

VP to observe world food day in Gorontalo

Vice President Boediono is scheduled to officially lead the national commemoration of World Food Day 2011 in ...

UN agency warns on mutant bird flu in China, Vietnam

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday warned about a new mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 ...

UN to start airlifting food to Somalia

The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an ...

Celebs call on world leaders for urgent horn of Africa funds

Bob Geldof, Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard joined other celebrities and activists Monday in urging world leaders to step ...

US to provide USs$50,000 grant for Bali`s anti-rabies campaign

Bali will receive a grant of US$ 500,000 from the United States government to help its dog vaccination program, the ...

Pope deplores food commodities speculation

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday denounced commodities market speculation and called for international action to ensure ...

RI drops bid for FAO director general

Indonesia dropped its bid for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director general at the 37th conference of the ...