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COVID-19 task force encourages people to fully tap food diversity

Expert team of the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling has encouraged Indonesians to explore the ...

155 tons of rice distributed through automated dispensing machines

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have distributed 155 tons of rice through automated ...

President prepares three-step strategy to tackle harsher dry season

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has prepared three steps as a precautionary measure against the impact of a likely ...

Problems of food crisis, energy resilience looming over Indonesia

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has thrown strong light on some problems pertaining to food crisis, energy resilience, ...

Surplus rice production predicted in South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan Province is expected to record up to 160,000 tons of surplus rice in August, 2020, so residents need ...

Ensure national rice stock data is accurate, Jokowi tells officials

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked officials to ensure their assessment of Indonesia’s rice stocks is ...

Makassar city government ensures sufficient rice stocks until Oct 2020

The food security authority in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province’s capital, has provided 110 tons of rice to ...

AJC proposes key to empower ASEAN agribusiness: how to participate more in agribusiness global value chains

- Does competitiveness of agribusiness really increase in ASEAN? The answer is yes according to the ASEAN-Japan Centre. ...

Ministry offers staples at low cost to stabilize prices

The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to offer staples at low prices at 49 points of sale in Jakarta in a bid to ...

Conservation, fisheries development need to go hand in hand: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said in addition to curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to ...

JPMorgan Chase makes $50 million philanthropic investment to help address immediate and long-term impacts of COVID-19

- JPMorgan Chase today announced a $50 million global philanthropic commitment to address the immediate public health ...

Malaysia puts weight behind importance of biodiversity for APEC

Observing a decade of honoring young scientists, APEC is currently accepting nominations for the 2020 APEC Science ...

BPS supports implementation of APCAS to improve agricultural data

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) supported the implementation of the 28th Asia and Pacific Commission on ...

1.9-ton fish adulterated with formaldehyde found in W Manggarai market

The West Manggarai District Food Security and Fisheries Office in East Nusa Tenggara Province discovered 1.9 tons of ...

Jokowi distributes T-shirts to onlookers at Kamijoro Dam inauguration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) handed out T-shirts among residents witnessing the inauguration of Kamijoro Dam from its ...