#rural areas

Collection of rural areas news, found 543 news.

South Kalimantan hopes for more rain to cope with forest fires

The people of South Kalimantan hope that rain would fall again to send away haze of smokes that begin to blanket some ...

New 150 kv electrical relay station commissioned in Papua

Minister of State Enterprises (BUMN) Rini Soemarmo has officially commissioned a 150 Kv Holtekamp electrical relay ...

Pakistanis to splurge millions of dollars during Eid festival

Gul Khan drove his herd of more than 100 sheep all the way from Pakistan`s southwest Balochistan province to the ...

Village funds contributes to reducing poverty

The Ministry for Villages, Transmigration and Backward Area Development (PDTT) said it was convinced that the decline ...

Reducing violence against women in Indonesia

The rate of violence against children and women in Indonesia remains high, so various efforts are being and will ...

Regional development is constitutional mandate, president says

President Joko Widodo said the development of infrastructure projects implemented in a number of isolated region and ...

Bappenas highlights cigarette`s high contribution to poverty line

The National Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has highlighted the high contribution of cigarette in ...

Indonesia remains Germany`s important partner: FES Indonesia

Indonesia remains Germany`s important partner in various forms of cooperation, Resident Director of Friedrich Ebert ...

Indonesia manages to lower poverty rate

The Indonesian government has prioritized programs on reducing the poverty rate, and the efforts seem to have yielded ...

Indonesia succeeds in reducing poverty ratio

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said the number of people living below the poverty line dropped to 25.95 ...

Indonesia backs global efforts to promote Ugandan farmers` welfare

Indonesia strongly supports global efforts to promote the living standard of Ugandan poor farmers through the National ...

Infrastructures to improve Asmat`s quality of life

The willingness of Indonesian government to develop a number of border, outermost and remote areas in the country is ...

Discrimination against women affects public health

Dscrimination against women in various fields has an effect on public health, and therefore, the government of ...

President Jokowi optimistic of labor-intensive program boosting purchasing power

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed hope that the cash labor-intensive program involving the local people ...

Indonesia re-appointed to lead IFAD session

Indonesia once again led the 41st session of the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations ...