#food commodity

Collection of food commodity news, found 79 news.

Indonesia hopes to expand its cocoa global market

Indonesia, the worlds third-largest cocoa producer, is intensifying its promotional activities to expand its cocoa ...

Fuel price increase can affect inflation

The fluctuation of fuel prices can have impact on the inflation rate in April 2015, said Distribution Statistics ...

Indonesian shrimp production predicted to rise

The Maritime and Fishery Ministry has set the country`s shrimp production target at 608,000 tons this year, a sharp ...

Ministry advises against importing cassava

Indonesia does not need to import cassava because national production of the crop is still enough to meet domestic ...

RI`s inflation rises 3.29 pct in July: BPS

Indonesia`s inflation rate rose by more than expected in July to 3.29 percent, driven by a rise in food prices and ...

RI needs long-term solution to food problem

Indonesia needs a long-term solution to achieving self-sufficiency in food and increasing agricultural products to ...

Govt food policies speculative: Kadin

The food polices applied by the government to meet national needs are speculative as shown by the fact that supply and ...

Economic grwoth target to remain at 6.2 pct

Finance Minister Chatib Basri assured that the economic growth target set by the government in the 2013 Revised State ...

Indonesia to have economic growth at 6.4-6.9 percent in 2014

Finance Minister Chatib Basri predicted Indonesia will have an economic growth at the level of 6.4-6.9 percent in ...

No cartel`s role in alleged garlic hoarding

Agriculture Minister Suswono denied suspicion that a cartel had been involved in an alleged hoarding of imported ...

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 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 ...

VP Boediono to attend "gebyar madu" event in Lombok

Vice President Boediono is scheduled to attend a so-called "Gebyar Madu" (honey festival) event in the Senggigi ...

BI: year-end inflation May reach 5.5 pct

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has predicted the inflation rate this year can be kept below 5.5 percent if the ...

RI`s economy to expand 6.5 pct in 2010: BI

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has predicted the domestic economy may expand by a range of 6-6.5 percent in 2011 ...