#harvest

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Central Sulawesi records rice production surplus of 280 thousand tons

Central Sulawesi managed to achieve a surplus in rice production, reaching 280 thousand tons in 2016, according to a ...

Indonesian economy may grow 5% in Q1: Senior minister

The Indonesian economy may grow above 5 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017, or higher than the growth reported ...

Bulog targets cultivating paddy on one million hectares of land

The Indonesian National Logistics Agency (Bulog) has set a target to implement its on farm program for cultivating ...

Agriculture minister calls on Bulog to purchase farmers` maize

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has urged state-owned logistics board (Bulog) to purchase the farmers maize at ...

Bulog ready to develop post-harvest infrastructure

State-owned logistics board (Bulog) is ready to invest to develop post-harvest infrastructure this year in a bid to ...

Army to develop 500 ha rice fields in Nabire, Papua

The Indonesian military plans to develop rice fields in the remote district of Nabire in the countrys eastern province ...

Bulog to buy rice from farmers in C. Sulawesi

The Central Sulawesi branch of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) will buy some 35,000 tons of rice from the local ...

Business sector predicted to be brisker in Q1 of 2017

Bank Indonesia predicted that business is brisker in the first quarter of 2017 than in the last quarter of 2016. ...

Indonesian ministry to intensify coffee plantation

The Indonesia Agriculture Ministry, through its Plantation Directorate General, will carry out a coffee ...

Indonesian agricultural programs deemed successful in 2016

One of the aims of the Indonesian governments programs in 2016 was to advance the agricultural sector, in order to ...

Indonesia rice production reaches 79 million tons

Indonesia national production of unhulled rice rose to 79 million tons in 2016 from 74 million tons in 2015. ...

EARTH WIRE -- Brazilian conservationists develop new tool to cut illegal wood from supply chains

Companies that want to buy Brazilian timber without contributing to illegal deforestation have a new tool to help them ...

Indonesia`s rice stocks enough to last until May 2017

The Indonesian government has assured that the country has enough rice stocks to meet its consumption needs until May ...

EARTH WIRE -- Social forestry program has many benefits

The social forestry program launched by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is expected to help develop agroforestry, ...

Social forests managed by cooperatives should be expanded: President Jokowi

Tree planting for social forests, managed by both private parties and cooperatives, need to be explored more, ...