#rural areas

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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 ...

News Focus - Indonesia`s population growth to increase by Otniel Tamindael

Indonesia`s population is estimated to continue to increase and reach some 319 million by 2045, with 67 percent of ...

News Feature - Lesson learned from "balkondes" around Borobudur

"Seeing is believing!" This proverb sounds old but remains relevant for Indonesia`s endeavor to convince ...

South Africa wants to learn from Indonesia in empowering women

South Africa wants to learn from Indonesia in empowering women, in a bid to apply the vision of "Transforming ...

Government needs to add subsidy for farmers

The government of Indonesia needs to increase subsidies for the farmers in the country as a way to revive the spirit ...

Micro hydro electric plant commissioned in Jambi

Minister of National Development Planning/head of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Prof. Bambang ...

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 ...