#food production

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Govt keeps monitoring global oil prices

The Indonesian government keeps monitoring the movements of global crude prices after they rose 21 percent in the past ...

RI trying to be world`s main food estate: minister

Indonesia is trying to become the world`s main food estate in the next five to 10 years, a minister said. "If we ...

US NGO defends RI palm oil industry

An American non-governmental organization (NGO) has come out in defense of Indonesia`s palm oil industry, saying it ...

New Report - The Economic Benefits of Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

- How Indonesian Palm Oil Contributes to Economic Growth and Food Security in Indonesia and the ...

January inflation reaches 0.89 percent : BPS

Indonesia`s inflation rate in January reached 0.89 percent , Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) head Rusman Heriawan ...

Govt exempts food-related items from import duties to curb inflation

The government has decided to suspend import duties on food-related items until December 31, 2011, the latest in a ...

Govt ready to open 2 million hectares of farm land

The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to ...

BI : inflation six percent if weather improves

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Darmin Nasution said he predicted the rate of inflation this year could be around six ...

Governor worried about extreme weather`s impact on food production

Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he was worried that the present extreme weather conditions would affect food ...

Govt urged to anticipate potential global food crisis

The Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (Soksi) urged the government on Wednesday to take prompt steps to ...

Govt taking measures to curb basic necessary price spiral

As basic necessary prices are soaring, the government is planning to free certain food commodities from import duties ...

Free import duty to help offset food commodity prices

As prices are sky-rocketing at home, the government is planning to free certain food commodities from import duties in ...

President calls for prompt steps to curb food price hikes

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for prompt steps to deal with the recent food and energy price hikes. ...

Govt to increase food production by 5.0 pct

The Agriculture Ministry has set itself the target of increasing food production by 5.0 percent in 2011 as there was a ...

Climate change begins changing food production pattern

Climate change is now no longer a potenial threat to Indonesia`s food production but a phenomenon that has already ...