#staple

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

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

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

The government did not rule out the possibility that it would import rice to strengthen national stocks, a minister ...

The government has assured that rice stocks in the face of the fasting month next August were enough with the ...

Population growth puts enormous pressure on a country`s education system, other social resources, and is closely ...

Population growth puts enormous pressure on a country`s education system, other social resources, and is closely ...

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) is expected to keep its key interest rate at 6.75 percent this month despite a ...

Indonesia should increase food production in a bid to maintain its food security. Food security can be defined ...

Vice President Boediono has said Indonesia should maintain its food security and therefore it was absolutely necessary ...

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