#food commodities

Collection of food commodities news, found 424 news.

Fixed ceiling price to help curb inflation: BPS

The plan to impose a fixed ceiling price (HET) for food commodities prone to volatility in rates will help to curb the ...

Indonesian ministry, NU cooperate on agricultural development

The Agriculture Ministry and Indonesias largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have agreed to develop the ...

President asks KPPU to watch competition in food business

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to keep an eye on ...

Rice production surplus and logistic agency support in C Sulawesi

The Central Sulawesi provincial administration and local farmers are pleased over the success of the governments ...

Fruits of the Past: Revisiting Indonesia’s trade policy

- Indonesia cannot afford to lose its focus on improving its trade policies. Joko Widodo’s administration has ...

27 million Indonesians live in poverty

The number of Indonesians living in poverty fell to 27.76 million, or 10.7 percent of the population, by September ...

Indonesia to boost nutmeg exports to Germany

The Indonesian government intends to encourage local exporters in North Sulawesi to sell nutmeg to Germany, as the ...

BI predicts November inflation will reach 0.39%

The inflation rate in the third week of November 2016 will reach 0.39 percent, fueled by pressure from the prices of ...

Fighting for food self-sufficiency

As an agriculture country, Indonesia was once self-sufficient in the production of rice, the staple food for its ...

Food diversification needs to be promoted

The government of Indonesia needs to continuously promote diversification of food to reduce the public dependence on ...

Retail sales estimated to have grown in September : BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted the countrys retail sales are estimated to have increased in September as reflected ...

Association forecasts decline in cocoa production

The Indonesian Cocoa Industry Association (AIKI) has forecast a 10 percent decline in domestic cocoa bean production ...

Inflation on downtrend in July: BI

Bank Indonesia said the countrys inflation on monthly basis was 0.74 percent in July , 2016 bringing the total ...

Newly appointed ministers professionals in their fields: Cabinet secretary

Cabinet secretary Pramono Anung said here on Wednesday that a number of politicians inducted by the president in his ...

Indonesians living below poverty line smaller in number

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said the number of Indonesians living below the poverty line totaled 28.01 ...