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Collection of maize news, found 75 news.

news focus: RI smells business competition behind EPA`s CPO ruling

Indonesia as one of the world`s largest oil palm producers is quite often boycotted under the pretext that its oil ...

North Maluku to promote agro-tourism to support Sail Morotai

The North Maluku agriculture office will promote agro-tourism to support an international maritime event called Sail ...

Govt failed to manage food production, distribution : Rights commission

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said the government has failed to manage national food production ...

Gorontalo aspires to become world-class corn producing region

Gorontalo is preparing itself to host a World Maize Conference (WMC) in 2012 which it sees as a forum that will bring ...

Food insecurity still haunting Indonesia by otniel tamindael - (d)

Indonesia is still confronted by the challenge of food security for its 234 million population, the fourth largest in ...

Small farmers should be basis of food development

Smallholder`s agriculture and food estates must be synchronized with development of the country`s food resilience so ...

Land expansion needed to achieve food production target: minister

Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia needed the support of more land to achieve its target of 10 million ...

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 ...

Food self-sufficiency target should be measurable

The government`s target of achieving lasting food self-sufficiency should be appreciated but they should should also ...

Govt to launch food-for-poor program next year

The on-going government`s rice for the poor (raskin) program may next year include allocation of local foods instead ...

UNEP-WMO assessment complements urgent action needed to cut CO2 emissions

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground level ozone and methane may help limit near term global ...

World maize conference in October next year

The World Maize Conference (WMC) which was to be held in October 2011, had been postponed until October 2012, head of ...

Maize production surplus estimated at 2.6 million tons

The Agriculture Ministry has predicted that the country`s maize production surplus in 2011 would reach 2.6 million ...

WMC in Gorontalo postponed until 2012

The World Maize Conference (WMC) which is initially planned to be held here in 2011 has been postponed until 2012, ...

Tanzanian agriculture officials make comparative study in Gorontalo

A number of Tanzanian agriculture ministry officials on Tuesday made a comparative study relating to maize crop ...