#rice imports

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Kalla responds to farmers` opposition to rice import plan

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has responded to the farmers, especially those from Java island, after they voiced ...

Farmers stage rally against planned rice imports

Hundreds of farmers in Sukolilo sub-district, Pati district, Central Java, staged a rally on Monday to protest against ...

Indonesia starts processing rice imports to stabilize prices

A senior economic minister of Indonesia said here on Friday that the country has started processing rice imports to ...

Indonesia has opportunity to export rice to Malaysia: Minister

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said the opportunity is open for Indonesia to export rice to Malaysia especially ...

Fighting for food self-sufficiency

As an agriculture country, Indonesia was once self-sufficient in the production of rice, the staple food for its ...

No more rice imports this year: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has assured that Indonesia will not import rice at the end of this year because the ...

Govt expects food self-sufficiency in 2018

Food self-sufficiency is expected to be realized in 2018, and there will be no imports in 2016, Vice President Jusuf ...

Rice imports to reinforce food resilience

On paper, Indonesias rice production is adequate to meet its domestic needs, yet uncertain climate conditions such as ...

Rice imports aimed at curbing poverty rate: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended rice imports from Pakistan and India, saying they are aimed at curbing poverty ...

Indonesia still needs to import food in 2016

Although it claims to have had a surplus of rice in 2015, Indonesia still imported rice throughout the year and will ...

RI cannot avoid importing food commodities in 2016: Minister

The government has said it is still faces difficulties in avoiding food commodity imports in 2016 because it needs the ...

West Nusa tenggara governor reject rice imports

West Nusa Tenggara Governor TGH M Zainul Majdi has rejected rice imports from Vietnam. "I will not allow imported ...

50 thousand tons of imported rice to enter through Dumai port

Some 50 thousand tons of imported rice from Vietnam and Thailand will enter Indonesia through the port of Dumai in ...

Imported rice begins arriving in Indonesia

Rice imported by the Indonesian government has started arriving at some seaports across the country to increase the ...

Indonesians Urged to Beseech God for Rains as Prolonged Drought Hits Hard

- Indonesia is now being hit hard by the current prolonged drought induced by El Nino weather phenomena that has ...