#rice imports

Collection of rice imports news, found 142 news.

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 ...

RI thinking of food cooperation with Myanmar, Cambodia

The Indonesian government is looking into the possibility of agricultural cooperation with a number of rice-producing ...

ASEAN must uphold food sovereignty

The issues of food security and sovereignty have for many years been a rallying call of many grassroots ...

RI advised to end dependence on food imports

Indonesia should end its dependence on food imported from other Southeast Asian countries if it wants to fully ...

RI's govt mulling rice imports from India

The government is considering importing 500 thousand tons of rice from India following weeks of flooding in Thailand, ...

Rice imports not to harm farmers

Agriculture Minister Suswono said the rice imports the government was planning would not harm domestic farmers ...

Legislator regrets thai decision to cancel rice export to RI

A legislator has regretted a decision by Thailand to unilaterally cancel its rice exports to Indonesia. "The ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

RI seeking extension of rice-purchasing contracts

Indonesia where rice is the main staple food of its 237 million population is seeking to extend its rice purchasing ...

Govt to extend rice cooperation with Thailand

The government is planning to extend its rice procurement cooperation with Thailand which will expire this year, a ...

Indonesia still import rice for contingency

Chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa said the government would continue to import rice as a contingency measure. ...

Seeking to expand rice sources imports

While expecting to produce 68.68 million tons of dried unhulled rice this year, Indonesia is planning to expand the ...

Indonesians must eat less rice

The government must be able to reduce per capita rice consumption to 60 kg in 2030 from the current 130 kg a year to ...

2011 rice imports to reach 1,5-2 million tons

The government has disclosed that it would import 1.5-2 million tons of rice this year to meet domestic rice stocks. ...

N Sulawesi`s imports surge 214 pct

North Sulawesi`s imports in the first five months of 2011 surged 214.57 percent to US$74.1 million from US$23.5 ...