#rice production

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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 ...

Foreign investors to shift funds to Asia

Economist Guntur S. Siboro predicted here on Tuesday that the current financial crisis in the US and Europe would ...

Ministry to use budget allocation to increase rice production

Agriculture Minister Siswono said he would use the 2012 budget allocation totaling Rp17.8 trillion for his ministry ...

Bulog to conduct market operations in several regions

The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is ready to conduct rice market operations in several regions to stabilize ...

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 ...

Budget allocations for fertilizer subsidies up to Rp18.80 tln

The government has decided to allocate Rp18.80 trillion for fertilizer subsidies in the revised 2011 state budget, an ...

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. ...