#rice production

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Maluku needs 122,000 tons of rice per year

Maluku province needs 122,000 tons of rice per year for its 1.5 million population with only 58,000 tons available, ...

Gorontalo aspires to become world-class corn producing region

Gorontalo is preparing itself to host a World Maize Conference (WMC) in 2012 which it sees as a forum that will bring ...

Rice imports not to harm farmers

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

Food insecurity still haunting Indonesia by otniel tamindael - (d)

Indonesia is still confronted by the challenge of food security for its 234 million population, the fourth largest in ...

Small farmers should be basis of food development

Smallholder`s agriculture and food estates must be synchronized with development of the country`s food resilience so ...

ASEAN plus three to intensify food security cooperation

Rice is an important factor in achieving food security in the Southeast Asian region as around two-thirds of world ...

RI govt targets 5-pct growth in annual rice production

The government is targeting an annual five percent growth in rice production to achieve a surplus of 10 million tons ...

RI potentially become rice exporter: farmers

The gvernment needs to be more selective in its policies on farm seeds in order to make Indonesia a world rice ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

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 ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Planthoppers attack farmers` crops in Central Java

Thousands of hectares of paddy fields are being attacked by brown planthoppers in Central Java, one of the food crop ...

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 ...

President asks farmers to make Indonesia rice center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appealed on Thursday to all farmers to work hand in hand to make Indonesia the ...