#staple foods

Collection of staple foods news, found 148 news.

Govt to reduce beef price to Rp76,000/kg

The government will stabilize the price of beef at Rp76,000 per kilogram through various steps, chief economic ...

Mentawai floods displace 10,000 residents

Floods on Siberut Island, Mentawai District, West Sumatra Province, have displaced around 10,000 residents, according ...

Two persons missing in flash flood in C. Sulawes

Sigi Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has not found yet two bodies of a flash flood`s victims in Sigi ...

Food Diversification Called Key to Food Security

Confronted by the challenge of food security for its population of more than 240 million people, the Government of ...

People encouraged to consume tubers

Various efforts have been made to encourage Indonesian people to consume tubers instead of rice. Tubers have not ...

Local produce remains alternative food source in NTT

Locally grown food products of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, such as corn, tubers, and bananas, continue to be ...

Govt to submit revised 2012 budget bill early March

The government will submit the revised 2012 state budget bill to the House of Representatives (DPR) by early March, ...

September inflation expected below 0.9 pct: Minister

The government expects the inflation rate in September 2011 to drop to a level below last August`s 0.89 percent, ...

ASEAN Plus Three to cooperate to ensure food, energy security

ASEAN`s 10 member countries along with their Plus Three partners - China, South Korea and Japan -have agreed to ...

News Focus: Govt preparing steps in face of fasting month

In the face of the fasting month of Ramadhan in the next two weeks, the government is preparing steps to ensure that ...

RI sees deflation of 0.31% in April

Indonesia saw a deflation rate of 0.31 percent in April due to a drop in the prices of staple foods, the Central ...

BPS: Economic conditions of businesses and consumers improving

The economic conditions of businesses and consumers had improved in the fourth quarter of 2010 marked by the increase ...

Hundreds of trucks stuck at Merak port

Extreme weather conditions that had triggered high waves in the Sunda Strait has caused several hundreds trucks ...