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Collection of population growth news, found 216 news.

President calls for industrial innovations in food, energy fields

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Indonesian industrialists to take innovative initiatives in the food ...

RI`s 2012 meat need estimated at 484,000 tons

Indonesia`s need for meat this year will reach 484 thousand tons, a senior Agriculture Ministry official predicted on ...

RI needs law to control population growth : official

Indonesia needs a law on population growth rate control now that its population has undergone a significant increase ...

Rapid population growth potential threat : Minister

Recent reports that the world population has reached seven billion people should also be a warning for Indonesia ...

Indonesia's population grows to 241 million in 2011

The Indonesian population is estimated to have increased to more than 241 million this year, far exceeding the results ...

Taiwan has more women than men for the first time

Taiwan now has more women than men for the first time in its history, the island`s latest census showed Friday, in ...

World of "contradiction" awaits 7 billionth person

The world`s seven billionth person will be born Monday into what UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls a "world of ...

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 ...

RI`s food production barely enough to meet need

Indonesia is until now still haunted by food insecurity because food production is just barely enough to meet ...

RI seeking extension of rice-purchasing contracts

Indonesia where rice is the main staple food of its 237 million population is seeking to extend its rice purchasing ...

Maluku to form team for provincial capital relocation plan

Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu will soon form a team to study the provincial capital relocation plan. The ...

Masohi to be Maluku`s new provincial capital

Sitting in an area with wide unpopulated tracts of land, the Central Maluku district town of Masohi is currently ...

Maluku provincial capital to be relocated

Maluku provincial administration plans to relocate the capital city of Ambon to Masohi on Seram island in 2012, an NGO ...

Population boom threatens food supply

Population boom in Indonesia in the next few years may threaten food supply, according to Chairman of the National ...

Indonesians must eat less rice

The government must be able to reduce per capita rice consumption to 60 kg in 2030 from the current 130 kg a year to ...