#rice production

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Ministry to convert swamps into agricultural lands

The Ministry of Agriculture is making a breakthrough with a plan to convert swamp areas into agricultural lands, in an ...

News focus - Government needs to ensure enough rice stocks by Andi Abdussalam

The government needs to take anticipatory steps in case of a possible scarcity of rice stocks ahead of the Christmas ...

Making Indonesia the world`s food barn

Despite Indonesia`s population steadily increasing, the country has not yet achieved a food security, which is, by ...

Agriculture minister responsible for inaccurate rice data: economist

Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman should be held responsible for inaccurate data on the country`s ...

Rice stock must be adequate until harvest season: researcher

Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) researcher Assyifa Szami Ilman said the government must assure that rice ...

Unhusked rice production to reach 56.54 million tons: BPS

Indonesia`s unhusked rice production is expected to reach 56.54 million tons during the period between January and ...

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 ...

Polemic on rice data must be resolved: observer

Al-Azhar University Criminal Law Observer Suparji Ahmad has recommended that the debate about the differences in data ...

Indonesia has no plan to import rice: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has hinted that the Indonesian Government would not implement its rice import policy ...

World Food Day momentum for Indonesia to become world's food barn

The commemoration of the 38th World Food Day in South Kalimantan province offered Indonesia a momentum to become the ...

Minister orders statistics agency to update data over food crops

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution has ordered the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to update ...

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 ...

Chief economic minister scrutinizes rice production forecast

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