#food crisis

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ASEAN must uphold food sovereignty

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

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 ...

Enough food stocks for drought-affected people : Minister

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono said he could assure people living in drought-affected ...

Almost 96,000 people facing food crisis

A serious food crisis threatens 95,973 people in NTT Province, an official said. "The total of 95,973 people ...

Population boom threatens food supply

Population boom in Indonesia in the next few years may threaten food supply, according to Chairman of the National ...

Somali Women's Minister Abducted By Islamists

Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents abducted and detained Somalia's newly appointed women's minister Thursday while she was ...

Canadian offers aid to east Africa famine victims

Canada "is committed to making a difference" in the lives of the nearly 12 million Horn of Africa residents facing ...

DPR to discuss bill on national security

Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I Tubagus Hasanuddin has said his commission has ...

UGM, Korean University cooperate in forest research

Gajah Mada Universtity (UGM)`s Faculty of Forestry is cooperating with Korean University in tropical forest research ...

VP: Indonesia must always have sufficient food stocks

Vice President Boediono said Indonesia must always make sure it has sufficient food stocks because food shortages ...

Minister calls on regional govts to preserve paddy fields

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

RI ready to increase contribution to ASEAN food reserve

Indonesia is ready to increase its contribution to the ASEAN food reserve from originally 12,000 tons to 25,000 tons ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

Green finance could become solution to climate change

The green finance concept could become a solution to climate change problems, a green finance expert said. Green ...