#rice for the poor

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President Widodo provides food aid in Papua's Biak Numfor

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Wednesday distributed assistance from the government rice reserve (CBP) to several ...

New minister targets boosting rice production to lower imports

Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Andi Amran Sulaiman, aims to increase domestic rice production to reduce ...

Need region-specific approach to eliminate poverty: ministry

Poverty eradication handling must ideally be region-specific, therefore, the handling instruments of regions cannot be ...

Central Java disburses 151 tons of rice to extremely poor areas

The Central Java administration has disbursed 151 tons of rice from the government reserves to areas with extreme ...

Stunting can erode the future of nation's children: BKKBN

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has said that stunting can erode the future of the ...

Babel Islands administration offers door-to-door rice assistance

The Bangka Belitung (Babel) Islands provincial government is conducting door-to-door distribution of rice ...

Indonesia's rice stocks until 2020-end projected at 4.7 million tons

Indonesia's rice stocks are estimated to reach 4.7 million tons until the end of this year, Coordinating Minister ...

Government to disburse social aid earlier than scheduled

Budget allocations for social assistance will be disbursed earlier than scheduled in the first quarter of 2020 to ...

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Active generosity should be reflected in anti-poverty efforts

Over 74 years after it gained independence, Indonesia continues to face the challenge of poverty inflicting several ...

Poverty remains major problem in Indonesia: ACT chief

Poverty remains a major problem in Indonesia and concrete efforts to solve it is by being generous, according to ...

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Some regions harbor high aspirations of Jokowi on development program

Ma'aruf's victory, several regions began voicing their aspirations of development being continued in their ...

Govt claims to disburse 96 percent of social assistance under family hope program

The government claimed that the first batch of disbursement of social assistance under the Family Hope Program (PKH) ...

News focus - Audit needed to end rice import polemic By Andi Abdussalam

The polemic on whether Indonesia needs to import rice once again surfaces in public discourses, prompting the ...

Improving the welfare of farmers

Most of Indonesia`s population living in rural areas are farmers, whose main income of more than 70 percent comes from ...

Ministry must have realistic reasons for importing rice

The Trade Ministry must have realistic and rational reasons while deciding to import rice, agriculture expert Totok ...