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President calls for economic empowerment of people living near forests

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged related stake holders to economically empower the people living near ...

RI does not need to import rice in 2014

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said that Indonesia would not need to import rice in 2014 because the government ...

Indonesia launches public campaign on khat ban

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has launched a public campaign on khat (chata edulis), the active ingredient of ...

Govt urged to crack down on food cartels

The government should crack down on food cartels which allegedly control food prices, stocks and supplies in the ...

Chief economic minister defends ban on horticultural imports

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa defended on Thursday a six-month ban on the import of 13 ...

Farmers demand compensation for their narcotics plants

Farmers in Cisarua, in the mountain resort of Puncak, Bogor, said they would destroy their chata edulis plants,locally ...

HKTI hails ban on fruit imports

The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) hailed on Sunday the government`s decision to ban fruit imports in six ...

Kulon Progo floods inflict Rp3.42 bln losses to agriculture sector

Floods that affected Kulonprogo district, Yogyakarta province, recently caused at least Rp3.24 billion in losses to ...

Bali government allocates Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers

The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase ...

Batam coastal areas to be developed into coconut plantation

The government plans to develop Batam municipality`s coastal areas into a coconut and cassava production center to ...

biosecurity measures necessary after ai outbreak: official - (d)

The Central Bangka Administration is on the alert after an outbreak of avian influenza in Java and is implementing ...

Kepahiang regency needs coffee factory

Coffee growers in the regency of Kepahiang, Bengkulu province, asked the government to invite investors to build a ...

News Focus - Indonesia Reaches Surplus of Table Salt Production

Indonesia is a country having sunshine for almost all year long and has the second longest coastline after Canada, ...

Southeast Maluku has potential for seaweed cultivation

Supported by natural conditions, many areas in Southeast Maluku district, in particular and Maluku province, in ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...