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One quarter of million farmers commit suicide in India in 15 years

India has seen over a quarter of a million farmers` suicides between 1995 and 2010 due to debt and bad harvest, ...

Govt to increase pearl production to seven mln tons annually

Having the potential to produce up to 20 million tons of south sea pearl (SSP) a year, Indonesia intends to increase ...

RI govt to issue decree on pearl culture to optimize trade

The government will issue a decree on pearl culture to optimize trade, Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Fadel ...

RI govt targets 5-pct growth in annual rice production

The government is targeting an annual five percent growth in rice production to achieve a surplus of 10 million tons ...

RI potentially become rice exporter: farmers

The gvernment needs to be more selective in its policies on farm seeds in order to make Indonesia a world rice ...

W Sulawesi governor promises to build cacao fertilizer plant

West Sulawesi Governor Anwar Adnan Saleh (AAS) promised the farmers in his area to build a cacao fertilizer plant not ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in E. Java facing crop failure

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in East Java province are facing crop failure due to the current dry season, an ...

news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Drought affected 95,391 hectares of rice fields in 2011 : Minister

Drought has affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in various regions in Indonesia from January to August this year ...

Bali to allocate 200 tons of rice to anticipate drought

The Bali provincial administration plans to allocate 200 tons of rice to anticipate a food shortage as a result of ...

NTT`s villages receive funds from rural agribusiness development program

Some 1,779 villages, or 60 percent of the total 2,966 villages in 20 districts in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, ...

RI govt earmarks Rp1.7 trillion to overcome drought effects

The government has set aside Rp1.7 trillion to overcome the adverse effects of drought that has hit several parts of ...