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Indonesia's food estate in Humbang Hasundutan started this year

Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo unveiled on Saturday the ministry's plan on developing horticultural crops ...

Govt to cut per capita rice consumption by 2024

The Indonesian Agriculture Ministry has set itself the target of lowering national per capita rice consumption by 7 ...

Village funding in 2021 Draft State Budget reaches Rp72 trillion

based programs to support digital villages and tourism development through developing tourism villages. The ...

Securing regional food resilience dominates agenda at FAO meet

Government representatives from 46 countries in the Asia-Pacific region gathered online on Thursday to examine the ...

Ministry to prioritize food estate development in 2021

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will prioritize food estate development in Central Kalimantan ...

Asia-Pacific nations plan COVID-19 response for addressing hunger: FAO

Asia-Pacific nations convened the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) virtual conference to ...

Farmers exchange rate rose by 0.56 percent in August 2020

Based on results of monitoring rural prices in 34 provinces in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) noted ...

Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

Urban farming plays role in lowering Surabaya's poverty rate

The Surabaya City Development Planning Board (Bappeko) highlighted the role of urban farming in lowering the poverty ...

Govt committed to strengthening social protection: President

The government is committed to strengthening social protection and food security, President Joko Widodo stressed while ...

Rp796.3-trillion allocation in 2021 for transfers to village funds

The government plans to allocate a budget of Rp796.3 trillion for transfers to the regions and village funds (TKDD) in ...

Ensure a smooth food supply chain nationwide: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state-of-the-nation address on Friday, highlighted the significance of ensuring ...

Central Sulawesi striving to eradicate childhood stunting

The Sigi district administration in Central Sulawesi province is making efforts to eradicate childhood stunting after ...

Ministry launches AI strategy on National Technology Day

The Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) launched a national artificial ...

Indonesian soldiers offer rice harvesting assistance to Papuan farmers

Personnel of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Security Task Force from the 125/Simbisa Infantry Battalion lent a ...