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Indonesia government targets 6% increase in food production

The Ministry of Agriculture is aiming at a 6 percent increase in food production per year for the next two years in ...

Authority of Bulog should be restored

Authority of State Logistics Agency (Bulog) should quickly be restored as the staple food controller on account of ...

RI govt urged to create food sovereignty

The Indonesian Farmer Solidarity Association (HKTI) has urged the government to create not only food security but also ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...

Government`s compensation for 2012 fuel hike plan

The government`s plan to raise fuel prices in April has also increased people`s concerns about the rising costs of ...

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, ...

Government`s fuel price hike plan triggers high inflation

The government`s plan to raise the national fuel price could trigger an increase in local inflation in Jember ...

Govt to apply one-door system to food imports

The Agriculture Ministry is to propose the application of a "one-door" system with regard to food imports whereby ...

Govt failed to manage food production, distribution : Rights commission

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said the government has failed to manage national food production ...

Depok city implements `one day no rice` policy

Depok Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail said he had adopted a "One Day No Rice" policy to contribute to the efforts to ...

Demand for wheat flour increases by six percent

Demand for wheat flour would increase in Indonesia by six per cent from that last year, which was 4.7 million tonnes, ...

RI's govt to invest Rp9 trillion to create new rice fields

The government plans to invest Rp9 trillion to create new rice fields in East Kalimantan to increase production as of ...

RI should develop secondary-crop-based agro-industries : expert

As rice supply will in the future tend to become increasingly vulnerable to disruptions, Indonesia should seize any ...

Restore soil fertility to increase food production

Indonesia is striving to further increase food production and other agricultural commodities to ensure the attainment ...

RI's govt mulling rice imports from India

The government is considering importing 500 thousand tons of rice from India following weeks of flooding in Thailand, ...