#staple food

Collection of staple food news, found 364 news.

Red chili price hike triggers October 2018 inflation: bps

A rise in the price of red chili was one of the factors contributing to Indonesia`s inflation rate of 0.28 percent in ...

Palu Airport to resume operation on Saturday morning: minister

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto said Mutiara Sis Al Jufri Airport in Palu, Central ...

Minister orders statistics agency to update data over food crops

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution has ordered the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to update ...

News Feature - Optimizing sago to achieve food security

Sago has been a staple food in numerous parts of Indonesia for centuries, and for its importance, sago is also known ...

News focus - Audit needed to end rice import polemic By Andi Abdussalam

The polemic on whether Indonesia needs to import rice once again surfaces in public discourses, prompting the ...

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 ...

Ministry must have realistic reasons for importing rice

The Trade Ministry must have realistic and rational reasons while deciding to import rice, agriculture expert Totok ...

No need to import rice until June 2019: Bulog

Indonesia will not need to import rice, as it has adequate supply of the staple commodity to meet demand until June ...

Extreme weather delays shipments of rice from India and Pakistan

Director General of Foreign Trade Oke Nurwan said shipments of rice imported by Indonesia from India and Pakistan have ...

Maluku to build shelter for Mausu Ane indigenous tribe

Maluku Provincial Administration has planned to build shelters for isolated indigenous Mausu Ane community in a remote ...

Government debt tends to be counterproductive: Indef

The government`s debt which continued to increase since 2015 is showing counterproductive tendency, the Institute for ...

No worry about decline in food security

Food security in Indonesia has actually grown strongly, but it is feared to hunt the country with a possible ...

President, economists discuss food problems

President Joko Widodo has invited 11 economists to the State Palace to discuss food problems in the country. ...

Govt to import 500,000 tons of rice

The government would import 500 thousand tons of rice to increase domestic stock, in a bid to curb rice price increase ...

Sago becomes favorite culinary delights

Promoting diversification of food to reduce the dependence on rice, the people of Konawe district in the Indonesian ...