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Ministry promoting sago development for food diversification

The Ministry of Industry is encouraging the development of sago for the diversification of carbohydrate food sources ...

Medium-grade rice price cooling after govt intervention: official

The price of medium-quality rice in the central market has started to decline following the distribution of rice from ...

Indonesian Trade Ministry issues permit for additional rice import

The Indonesian Trade Ministry has issued a permit for the import of 1.6 million tons of rice to secure the ...

Bapanas readies reserves for 12 food commodities ahead of Ramadan

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) prepared reserves for 12 staple food commodities ahead of Ramadan and the 2024 Eid ...

Rice imports will not hurt farmers, govt assures

The rice import policy is aimed at solidifying the government's rice reserves and will not hurt national ...

Minister seeks prompt action from governors to realize affordable food

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian called on all governors to act swiftly to control food prices in a bid to realize ...

Finance Ministry mulls over developing "stand-by fund" with Bapanas

The Ministry of Finance is seeking to establish a "stand-by fund" with the National Food Agency (Bapanas) to ...

Rice price declines to Rp14 thousand per kilogram: Bapanas

The current rice price had begun sliding to Rp14 thousand (US$0.89) per kilogram after the price of harvested dry grain ...

Regional heads urged to enact 3 measures for food price stabilization

National Food Agency (Bapanas) Head Arief Prasetyo Adi called on all regional heads, such as governors, mayors, and ...

Bulog says 300,000 tons of rice to arrive from Thailand, Pakistan

Indonesia is importing 300,000 tons of rice from Thailand and Pakistan to bolster its national food stocks ahead of ...

To the poor, rice aid offers a measure of relief 

To keep a lid on food prices and help people from the lower economic class fulfill their food needs, the Indonesian ...

Govt to develop S Sumatra swamp land as food buffer  

The Agriculture Ministry is preparing swamp land in South Sumatra as a productive agricultural area to make the region ...

Bapanas, WFP to jointly tackle stunting, poverty

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has established a partnership agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP) to ...

Free lunch program to meet nutritional diet needs, empower communities

The free lunch program, as campaigned by the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and ...

Indonesia to develop cattle farms to reduce meat imports: VP

Indonesian Vice President (Wapres) Ma'ruf Amin stated that Indonesia has the potential to reduce beef imports by ...