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ASEAN plus three to intensify food security cooperation

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

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, ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

RI trying to be world`s main food estate: minister

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

January industrial product exports up 38.7 pct

Indonesia`s industrial product exports, free on board (FOB), in January 2011 reached US$9,287.3 million, up 38.7 ...

Hundreds of trucks stuck at Merak port

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

Indonesian brotherhood in Brisbane glood

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

Governor worried about extreme weather`s impact on food production

Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he was worried that the present extreme weather conditions would affect food ...

President calls for prompt steps to curb food price hikes

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