#food commodity

Collection of food commodity news, found 82 news.

Indonesia vows to intensify cooperation in food sector with Malaysia

Indonesia is committed to boosting bilateral relations with Malaysia through strategic cooperation in the food sector, ...

Minister suggests using sago rice in free lunch program

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita ​​​​​​suggested the use of sago rice analogue, or ...

Regions should upgrade agriculture system to smart tech: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on all regional governments with superior agricultural sectors to apply smart ...

Ministry instructs regional governments to control food prices

Home Affairs Ministry's Inspector General Tomsi Tohir instructed regional authorities to control the surging prices ...

President Jokowi ensures sufficient stocks of rice for Ramadan

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) confirmed that Indonesia had managed to secure sufficient stocks of rice for the people ...

Increase in rice prices caused by weather, infrastructure damage: BPS

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that the increase in prices of food commodities, including rice, has been caused by ...

Indonesia's inflation falls to 3 percent, among lowest in the world

Indonesia's inflation was among the lowest worldwide, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell more ...

Academics' involvement crucial to develop superior sugarcane varieties

ID FOOD Director Frans Marganda Tambunan invited IPB University's students and academics to develop superior ...

Sago as alternative staple to anticipate food crisis: KSP Chief

Chief of the Presidential Staff (KSP) Moeldoko stated that sago can be an alternative staple food in Indonesia to ...

Bapanas to develop food early warning system to counter El Nino

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) will soon develop a food and nutrition early warning system as part of efforts to ...

Bapanas optimizes sea toll program for rice aid delivery

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) is collaborating with the Transportation Ministry to distribute Government Food ...

Consume diverse food to meet 40-nutrient requirement: NFA

The National Food Agency (NFA) has urged the public to eat diverse types of food to meet the requirement of consuming ...

On-farm, off-farm technologies can help boost food security: Bapanas

Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi has said that the use of off-farm and on-farm ...

Plan infrastructure development to achieve food security: CIPS

Infrastructure development should be planned in order to achieve food security, according to a researcher from the ...

Indonesia has surplus food ahead of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr: Ministry

The Trade Ministry has estimated a rice surplus of around 9 million tons, cooking oil surplus of around 352 thousand ...