#food production

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VP Boediono opens AMAF meeting

Vice President Boediono opened the 33rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agricultural and Forestry (AMAF), the 11th ...

RI govt targets 5-pct growth in annual rice production

The government is targeting an annual five percent growth in rice production to achieve a surplus of 10 million tons ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

Govt urged to form food ministry

The Indonesian Farmers Association (SPI) urged the government on Monday to form a food ministry soon as part of ...

Indonesian products to be promoted at Harrods, London

The government will again hold an Indonesian product promotion fair at Harrods Department Store, London, England, from ...

Plant genetics key to securing world food supply

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig told his ministerial counterparts at a ...

Agricultural researchers produce 10 new rice varieties

The Agriculture Ministry`s research and development agency has succeeded in producing 10 new rice varieties to be ...

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 ...

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 ...