#food crop

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Earth Wire -- Manokwari considering development of agro-forestry

The Forestry Service of the regency of Manokwari, West Papua Barat said it is considering development of agro forestry ...

North Sumatra`s corn production up on improved productivity

North Sumatra has recorded an increase in corn production on improved productivity over the past several years. ...

Government urged to take steps toward self sufficiency in beef

A member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Anang Prihantoro urges the Agriculture Ministry to take ...

Biotech/GM crops planted on two billion hectares from 1996 to 2015

- Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its ...

El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara

The weather phenomenon El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) with widespread harvest failure and ...

Apply agricultural technology to enhance food production: VP Kalla

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has called upon the people to apply agricultural technology to make the countrys ...

Merauke to contribute to country`s production of unhulled rice

The Agriculture Ministry said newly developed food estate in the district of Merauke, Papua, will give the country an ...

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 ...