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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 ...

BPS rechecking number of people entitled to cheap rice

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) will recheck the number of families entitled to rice-for-the poor (Raskin) ...

RI should learn from Brazil on food resilience

Indonesia should learn from Brazil`s Zero Hunger Program in order to achieve food resilience, an official said. ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

President Yudhoyono calls for save-electricity-fuel movements in regions

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all regional heads to join a movement to save fuel and electricity to ...

Indonesia elected chair of UN Population Commission

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Hasan Kleib has been elected as chairman of the ...

Ministry optimistic poverty rate to drop to MDG-sanctioned level

The Social Affairs Ministry is optimistic Indonesia will be able to cut its poverty rate to 7.5 percent by 2015 in ...

Govt urged to anticipate potential global food crisis

The Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (Soksi) urged the government on Wednesday to take prompt steps to ...

News Focus: Inflation specter looms over RI`s economic horizon

The inflation specter looms over Indonesia`s economic horizon despite the projected sound economic performance for ...