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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 ...

Indonesia to import rice from Cambodia

Indonesia will soon sign an agreement to import 100,000 metric tonnes of rice over the next five years from Cambodia, ...

Drought begins to severly affect farmers, food crops

The ongoing drought in Indonesia has begun to affect food crops in various parts of the country, as farmers continue ...

Only two hydroturbines at work after water level dips at Mrica

Due to the decreased water level at Mrica reservoir in Banjarnegara, Central Java, Soedirman hydropower plant is ...

Star-rated hotels to be built in Karawang

A number of star-rated hotels will be built in technical rice fields along the West Karawang interchange, Karawang ...

President Yudhoyono enjoys rural scenery in Borobudur Interhash 2012

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, along with some 1,000 hashers, enjoyed the rural ...

Food security needs serious attention

The Indonesian government needs to pay serious attention to domestic food security amid the soaring global food ...

Indonesia needs 14 mln ha to achieve rice surplus

Indonesia needs 14.02 million hectares of rice fields to achieve a rice surplus of five million tons, an Agriculture ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...

Poisonous Insects Still Spreading Horror In Java

The outbreak of poisonous rove beetles in East Java, which have infected around 560 people in 12 districts, has ...

RI intends to invest in Vietnam`s food sector

The Indonesian government intends to invest in the food sector in Vietnam, Agriculture Minister Suswono said. "At ...

Govt eyeing outside Java for new rice fields

State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan is eyeing regions outside Java for the creation of new rice fields to reduce ...