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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 ...

President Jokowi in Padang for Eid Al Fitr

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) arrived in Padang, West Sumatra, on Monday afternoon for a working visit during which ...

Beef price down 0.4 percent: Trade ministry

As the third week of the fasting month of Ramadan begins, the average price of beef in the country went down by just ...

Commodity prices lower than in 2015: Minister

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has claimed that the prices of a number of commodities were lower in June 2016 ...

No need to panic about food stocks: Kadin

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has assured that people need not panic about the availability ...

House speaker calls for revitalization of Bulog functions

House Speaker Ade Komarudin has urged the government to revitalize the functions of state-owned company Bulog as price ...