#food commodities

Collection of food commodities news, found 54 news.

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, ...

Food self-sufficiency target should be measurable

The government`s target of achieving lasting food self-sufficiency should be appreciated but they should should also ...

Govt believes inflation to remain under control

The government believes inflation could be controlled despite the rising world oil prices as a result of political ...

Indonesia`s economic growth unaffected by oil price surge

Although the world oil price in Asia hovered near $105 per barrel on Tuesday a banker in Jakarta expressed the belief ...

President orders sharpened watch over rising world oil prices

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa to keep a ...

Govt keeps monitoring global oil prices

The Indonesian government keeps monitoring the movements of global crude prices after they rose 21 percent in the past ...

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 taking measures to curb basic necessary price spiral

As basic necessary prices are soaring, the government is planning to free certain food commodities from import duties ...

Free import duty to help offset food commodity prices

As prices are sky-rocketing at home, the government is planning to free certain food commodities from import duties in ...