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BI rate maintained at 5.75%

Indonesia`s central bank decided to maintain its reference rate at 5.75 percent on Thursday. The decision was ...

Yudhoyono asks for revitalization of national logistics agency

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked for the revitalization of the national logistics agency (Bulog) as a ...

W. Jakarta holds bazaar prior to Ramadhan

The West Jakarta municipality`s cooperatives, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and trade (KUMKM) office organized ...

Indonesia government targets 6% increase in food production

The Ministry of Agriculture is aiming at a 6 percent increase in food production per year for the next two years in ...

Authority of Bulog should be restored

Authority of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) should quickly be restored as the staple food controller on account of ...

Govt to launch market operations to curb inflation

The government will launch market operations to contain inflationary pressure following the delayed rise in the prices ...

March inflation recorded at 0.07 percent, BPS

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of only 0.07 percent in March due to a drop in the ...

Minister denies increase in food prices

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has denied that food commodity prices are increasing in the run-up to the fuel ...

RI`s halal food exports increasing

Export of halal Indonesian food commodities to many Muslim and non-Muslim countries such as Japan, China and Singapore ...

RI should develop secondary-crop-based agro-industries : expert

As rice supply will in the future tend to become increasingly vulnerable to disruptions, Indonesia should seize any ...

ASEAN must uphold food sovereignty

The issues of food security and sovereignty have for many years been a rallying call of many grassroots ...

RI advised to end dependence on food imports

Indonesia should end its dependence on food imported from other Southeast Asian countries if it wants to fully ...

Restore soil fertility to increase food production

Indonesia is striving to further increase food production and other agricultural commodities to ensure the attainment ...

NGO demands consistent implementation of soil fertility restoration programs

A non-governmental organization (NGO) advocating preservation of soil fertility (PKL) has demanded that the ...

September inflation expected below 0.9 pct: Minister

The government expects the inflation rate in September 2011 to drop to a level below last August`s 0.89 percent, ...