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North Sumatra`s corn production up on improved productivity

North Sumatra has recorded an increase in corn production on improved productivity over the past several years. ...

Sago can help achieve food self-sufficiency: Expert

Sago can be a solution to make Indonesia self-sufficient in staple foods, an expert in biotechnology and ...

RI cannot avoid importing food commodities in 2016: Minister

The government has said it is still faces difficulties in avoiding food commodity imports in 2016 because it needs the ...

Indonesia now has largest fertilizer plant in Asia-Pacific

Inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Thursday, the fertilizer Plant 5 of PT Pupuk Kaltim in Bontang, East ...

Fertilizer plant important for increasing food self-sufficiency: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the important role that fertilizer Plant 5 of PT Pupuk Kaltim will play in ...

Eight year-old Indonesian girl wins FAO International Poster Competition

An eight year-old Indonesian girl, Gifti Bunga Adianti, has won the first at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ...

President prioritizes food, infrastructure development

President Joko Widodo reiterated that during the first year of his leadership, along with Vice President Jusuf Kalla, ...

Population growth challenge to food production: VP Kalla

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has said the increase in population poses a challenge to the government in its efforts ...

Food gets priority in development: Minister

Indonesias Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has said the government continues to accord priority to food ...

Food self-sufficiency must be realized: President

President Joko Widodo said here on Wednesday that self-sufficiency in food is one of the goals that the government ...

President Jokowi renounces customary celebration of Idul Fitri

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) celebrating Idul Fitri in Indonesias westernmost province of Aceh on Friday is a ...

Indonesia should protect its agriculture sector

With some 60-70 percent of its 240 million population hailing from the farming community, Indonesia needs to protect ...

East Nusa Tenggara to repair 60 thousand hectares of tertiary irrigation canals

The East Nusa Tenggara government will repair 60 thousand hectares of tertiary irrigation canals as part of a program ...

Food self-sufficiency achievable in two to five years: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed optimism that Indonesia can achieve food self-sufficiency in the next two ...

Observer appreciates President Jokowi`s rice production target

Agribusiness observer Leta Rafael Levis of the Kupang-based Nusa Cendana University (Undana), East Nusa Tenggara, has ...