#food crop

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White rice varieties of Padang Pariaman Anai tested

The Directorate General of Food Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, assessed the white rice variety of Padang Pariaman ...

Ministry takes precautionary measures against armyworm pest attacks

The Ministry of Agriculture has taken various precautionary measures against attacks by pest Spodoptera frugiperda, ...

Pupuk Indonesia projects its exports to reach US$655 million

State-owned fertilizer holding company PT Pupuk Indonesia has projected its exports to reach Rp9.9 trillion, or US$655 ...

Pupuk Indonesia reports increase in fertilizer sales and production

State-owned fertilizer holding company Pupuk Indonesia recorded a 7 percent increase in sales to 8.95 million tons in ...

Riau has largest share of budget for oil palm replanting program

Riau province has the largest share of budget set by the government for the replanting of smallholders` oil palm ...

Agriculture ministry guarantees surplus in corn production

The Agriculture Ministry said the country will have surplus in corn production this year, denying report that ...

News focus - Audit needed to end rice import polemic By Andi Abdussalam

The polemic on whether Indonesia needs to import rice once again surfaces in public discourses, prompting the ...

Rice imports based on detailed analysis and studies: lawmaker

A lawmaker said the decision on rice import, which has triggered controversy, was based on detailed analysis and study ...

Banjar to convert 700 hectares of swamp land into farmlands

The district administration of Banjar, South Kalimantan Province said it hoped to convert 700 hectares of swamp land ...

Minister optimistic of 500 thousand tons corn export target

Indonesia`s Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman shared his optimism for the country to meet its target of 500 thousand ...

Central Sulawesi posts increase in corn production

The corn production of Central Sulawesi has continued to be on the increase in the past four years, head of the ...

Central bank: Business expansion picking up

A survey by Bank Indonesia said that business expansion is expected to continue after improvement was recorded in ...

Indonesian inflation in 2017 predicted to reach 3.1 percent

Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution predicted on Monday the country`s inflation in 2017 would rise ...

North Sumatra set to chalk up increase in rice production

The province of North Sumatra is set to continue to boost its rice production after hitting a record high in 11 years ...

Agriculture service to process Buah Merah in Timika

The Agriculture, Food Crop and Plantation Office of the regency of Mimika, Papua, will start trial processing of ...