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North Buton markets organic rice to Europe

The Administration of Buton Utara District, Southeast Sulawesi Province has marketed its organic red rice products to ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

Kupang needs additional stock of rice to forestall shortage

The district of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, said it needs additional stock of rice to forestall shortage with harvest ...

Rice imports to reinforce food resilience

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

Central Sulawesi to open 6,450 hectares of new rice fields

The South Sulawesi agriculture office said it would open 6,450 hectares of new rice fields in the province this year. ...

Indonesia to boost export of ten commodities

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has said the government will boost exports of ten commodities in 2016 to 2019. ...

Hectares of farm land in Gunung Kidul suffer water shortage

Hectares of agricultural land in Gunung Kidul district in Yogyakarta, Central Java, is suffering water shortage as no ...

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 ...

Rice stock sufficient until grand harvest: Minister

The national rice stock remains sufficient until the grand harvest in March this year at numerous regions in Sumatra, ...

Agriculture ministry plans measures in anticipation of La Nina

Indonesias agriculture ministry is making preparations in anticipation of the natural phenomena La Nina, which usually ...

Poverty rate rose in September 2015

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 780 thousand to 28.51 million in September 2015, from 27.73 ...

Bulog asks govt to set flexible rice price

The state-owned logistics board Bulog has asked the government to set its Rice Purchase Price (HPP) at a flexible ...

Sago can help achieve food self-sufficiency: Expert

Sago can be a solution to make Indonesia self-sufficient in staple foods, an expert in biotechnology and ...

Government open to holding dialog with anyone: President Jokowi

The Indonesia government is open to holding a dialog with anyone in the context of development, including in Papua, ...

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 ...