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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 ...

People hope for stable commodity prices

The people hope the government will be able to control prices of basic necessities and maintain stocks in the current ...

Government debt tends to be counterproductive: Indef

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

Indonesia may become high-income country: FAO

Indonesia may become a high-income country by providing its people with greater access to nutritious foods and ...

Jokowi looking for running mate

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been certain to seek reelection next year. He recently accepted the ...

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. ...

Self-reliance in three main commodities still difficult to achieve

Indonesia will still find it difficult to achieve self-reliance in rice, corn and soybean production due to limited ...