#staple food

Rice is an important factor in achieving food security in the Southeast Asian region as around two-thirds of world ...

Indonesia where rice is the main staple food of its 237 million population is seeking to extend its rice purchasing ...

The government is preparing a budget of Rp380 billion as funds to anticipate harvest failures, assist farmers and ...

The government must be able to reduce per capita rice consumption to 60 kg in 2030 from the current 130 kg a year to ...

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted that the second-quarter balance of payments will still record a surplus that will ...

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said Indonesia and Vietnam have agreed to increase the production of staple food ...

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

Indonesia will stop rice imports if it is able to increase production by seven percent in 2011, chief of the National ...

Indonesia is trying to become the world`s main food estate in the next five to 10 years, a minister said. "If we ...

A number of Thai envoys invited private businessmen in East Java for cooperation in agricultural business aimed at ...

The Indonesian embassy in Algiers does not wish to evacuate Indonesian citizens from Egypt despite anti-government ...

Several hundred Indonesians, tens of thousands of Australians and a number of other foreign nationals in Brisbane and ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for prompt steps to deal with the recent food and energy price hikes. ...