#rice imports

Collection of rice imports news, found 142 news.

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 ...

Rice imports based on detailed analysis and studies: lawmaker

A lawmaker said the decision on rice import, which has triggered controversy, was based on detailed analysis and study ...

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 ...

Chief economic minister scrutinizes rice production forecast

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution has scrutinized the rice production forecast by the ...

Extreme weather delays shipments of rice from India and Pakistan

Director General of Foreign Trade Oke Nurwan said shipments of rice imported by Indonesia from India and Pakistan have ...

House to summon Trade Minister over rice imports

The House of Representatives (DPR) will soon summon Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukito to clarify a permit issued by ...