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A lesson from current flooding of Jakarta

Last week`s devastation of Jakarta by floods has rendered the capital city heavy casualties and losses in material. ...

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 ...

Flooding kills hundreds of people in Indonesia in 2012

The Indonesian environmentalist organization (Walhi) expressed concern with the many people falling victims to ...

Bengawan Solo flood in Bojonegoro receding

The flood caused by the overflow of Bengawan Solo River in Bojonegoro regency, East Java province, is showing signs of ...

State logistics agency sees largest ever rice stocks in 2012

The state logistics board Bulog has said that the levels of stored rice stocks in 2012 were the largest ever, as ...

Indonesian govt sets 2013 rice production target at 72.6 million tonnes

The Ministry of Agriculture has set itself a target of producing 72.6 million tonnes of unhulled rice in 2013, up 4.5 ...

Regional heads urged to protect rice fields

Indonesia`s district heads have been called to protect rice fields to support national rice production. National ...

Over 100 houses flooded in Cianjur

A flood inundated at least 100 houses in Cianjur district, West Java, on Sunday, forcing tens of families to evacuate ...

Rainy season sees parts of Indonesia hit by floods, landslides

The rainy season has only begun in Indonesia, which has only two seasons, rainy (November to March) and dry (June to ...

Spatial mismanagement triggers floods

Indonesia`s Environmental Affairs Minister, Balthasar Kambuaya, said that floods and landslides in several provinces ...

Govt to set up food agency to achieve food resilience

Indonesia, an agriculture-based country with a population over 237. 6 million and vast tracts of unused land outside ...

Rice fields converted into oil palm plantation in Bengkulu

Hundreds of hectares of rice fields in the sub-district of Talang Empat in the regency of Bengkulu Utara of the ...

Poverty gripped district of Lebak hit by harvest failure

The poverty gripped district of Lebak in Banten is in for worse problem with harvest failure hitting extensive areas ...

Indonesian legislator urges govt to build more reservoirs

Deputy chairman of Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) Herman Khaeron has called on the government to ...

Indonesia govt making efforts to overcome drought impact

It is currently estimated that the drought, which has hit nine provinces in Indonesia, will affect at least 127,000 ...