#rice imports

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No rice imports for three years in a row: Bulog

Indonesia has not imported rice for meeting domestic demand and government buffer stock needs for three years in a row, ...

Legislator urges Indonesian govt to pledge not to import rice

House of Representatives' (DPR's) Commission IV member Andi Akmal Pasluddin has pinned high hopes on the ...

Indonesia seeks to substitute 35% of imported products by 2022

The Industry Ministry has said it is aiming to substitute 35 percent of imported products by 2022 to reduce import ...

Legislator distributes farming equipment

A legislator of the House of Representatives (DPR) Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro Yudhoyono on Saturday said he has ...

Indonesia has the potential to export rice

The Agriculture Ministry stated that the country has the potential to export rice during the grand harvest time on ...

President stresses no rice imports have entered Indonesia so far

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has assured farmers that Indonesia will not import rice, at least until June, ...

No rice imports if stocks suffice: KSP

The government will not import rice if the supply is sufficient, and the farmers have entered the rice harvest season, ...

DPD chief averse to rice import policy amid harvest period

Indonesian Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) Chief A. A. LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti believes that the policy to ...

Bulog to prioritize absorbing domestically produced rice over imports

National Logistics Agency (Bulog) President Director Budi Waseso affirmed that his agency had accorded priority to ...

Lawmaker urges government to rethink plan to import rice

Deputy Chief of House Commission IV, G. Budisatrio Djiwandono, has urged the government to review its plan to import 1 ...

Central Java governor asks government to reconsider rice imports

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has asked the central government to reconsider its plan to import 1 million tons ...

Indonesian soldiers offer rice harvesting assistance to Papuan farmers

Personnel of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Security Task Force from the 125/Simbisa Infantry Battalion lent a ...

Government needs to improve data on rice production

The government needs to improve its data on rice production, as accurate figures will be important in deciding whether ...

Kadin discusses food security with bulog stakeholders, trade, agriculture ministries

Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) have met several stakeholders, including the trade and agriculture ...

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 ...