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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 ...

S. Sulawesi governor to receive food security award

South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo will receive a Satya Lencana Wirakarya medal of merit from President ...

ASEAN-Pakistan joint sectoral cooperation committee meets in Jakarta

The 5th Meeting of the ASEAN-Pakistan Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee was held here Wednesday, according to a ...

Indonesia to host D-8 third ministerial meeting

Indonesia has been elected to host the third Ministerial Meeting of eight developing countries grouped in the ...

Indonesia to Host D-8 Third Ministerial Meeting

Indonesia has been elected to host the third Ministerial Meeting of eight developing countries grouped in the ...

Bird flu entrenched in Indonesia

Avian influenza has become deeply entrenched in Indonesia with a number of provinces and districts being infected. ...

Sumatra on alert as bird flu comes back

The sudden death of thousands of chickens has been reported in several cities on Sumatra Island over the past several ...

US, Indonesia continue to fight avian influenza

The United States Government in partnership with the Government of Indonesia on Thursday launched a project to reduce ...

Plant genetics key to securing world food supply

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig told his ministerial counterparts at a ...

Australian Minister to Visit Indonesia

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, will visit Indonesia this week for ...

Govt ready to open 2 million hectares of farm land

The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to ...

Govt urged to anticipate potential global food crisis

The Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (Soksi) urged the government on Wednesday to take prompt steps to ...