#food crop

Collection of food crop news, found 90 news.

Biotech Crops Show Continued Growth, Benefits in 2014, Global Plantings Increase by 6 Million Hectares

- In 2014, a record 181.5 million hectares of biotech crops were grown globally, an increase of more than six million ...

Minister confident rice self sufficiency in less than three years

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said he is confident self sufficiency in rice would be reached in less than three ...

Next Indonesian govt expected to focus on food, pro-people programs

As an agrarian country with vast areas and a country with a large population that depends on the agricultural sector, ...

Sorghum Cultivation Campaigns Should be Intensified

Due to its high productivity and easy adaptability, sorghum has a great potential to be grown and cultivated in ...

Farmers being encouraged to boost soybean production

The Indonesian government is encouraging farmers in various regions in the country to increase soybean production in ...

Indonesian minister attends soybean grand harvest in W. Nusa Tenggara

Agriculture Minister Suswono attended a soybean grand harvest in Sukarara Village, Jonggat Subdistrict, Central ...

Sorghum planting movement in Belu successful

Sorghum planting movement initiated by State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan early 2013 on 200 hectares of land in ...

Farmers demand compensation for their narcotics plants

Farmers in Cisarua, in the mountain resort of Puncak, Bogor, said they would destroy their chata edulis plants,locally ...

Food diversification through courtyard cultivation

Residential courtyards in Indonesia are being used to cultivate food crops and to diversify food production. ...

East Kalimantan implements 79 percent of its investment target

Investment in East Kalimantan in the first nine months of the year already reached 79 percent of its whole year`s ...

Increase predicted in West Sumatra`s corn production this year

Corn production of West Sumatra is predicted to rise to 481,025 tons this year from 471,850 tons last year. ...

Investment predicted to exceed US$31 billion

The Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) said it is optimistic the investment target would be overshot this ...

Indonesia develops courtyard crops as local food source

In anticipation of a national or global food crisis, the Indonesian government has developed the ability to supply ...

Planthoppers attack farmers` crops in Central Java

Thousands of hectares of paddy fields are being attacked by brown planthoppers in Central Java, one of the food crop ...

Foreign investment inflows in E Kalimantan soar 100 pct

Foreign investment inflows in East Kalimantan in the first half of 2011 jumped 100.4 percent to Rp8.88 trillion from ...