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Villages can aid food self-sufficiency amid pandemic: minister

Indonesian villages have continued to produce food amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are therefore expected to serve as ...

Sugar production projected to reach 540,000 tons in June-August

Sugar production in Indonesia has entered its peak season and is expected to reach 540 thousand tons in June-August, ...

Govt should preemptively tackle climate change impacts on rice yield

A researcher urged Indonesia’s government to take preventive measures against the impact of climate change on the ...

PUPR Ministry to remodel irrigation system in planned food estate

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has decided to redesign the irrigation system in the planned Food ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

APEC urges "greener new normal", adoption of circular economy

Plans for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must not only help improve public healthcare, but also build ...

Ministry to augment swampland food production during dry season

The Agriculture Ministry will strategize to ensure national food security during the dry season in 2020 by boosting ...

BPOM strives to ensure food security during COVID-19 pandemic

The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has undertaken several efforts to ensure food safety amid the ...

Minister Limpo to expand Seram Island's agricultural area

Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo highlighted his intent to expand the agricultural area in Maluku's Seram ...

APEC responds to health and economic crises, pushes for recovery

APEC’s member economies will advance work to fast-track the revitalization of the region’s economy as ...

Ensuring water availability important for realizing food resilience

Yanto Ph.D, a hydrological and water resources expert at the Jenderal Soedirman University, highlighted the criticality ...

APEC urged to safeguard food security through open trade policies

Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have been advised, in a new policy brief, to adopt an ...

Indonesia wholly backs sustainable funding of CTI CFF amid COVID-19

The Indonesian government lends its full support to the sustainable funding of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral ...

Taipei School of Economics and Political Science established at NTHU with US$100 million donation

- On May 9 National Tsing Hua University entered into an agreement to jointly establish the Taipei School of Economics ...

Economic recovery budget increased by Rp56.5 trillion: Bappenas

  Minister of National Development Planning, Suharso Monoarfa, said the government has added Rp56.5 trillion to ...