Rice field (illustration)

Indonesia faces declining number of farmers

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Government's effort to reach self procurement of food is hampered by declining number of farmers. Based on the data from Ministry of Agriculture, the number of farmer households declines from 31 million to 26 million in the last 10 years. In order to solve the problem, government allocates state budget to purchase agricultural machinery. Director General of Agricultural...

Soybean harvest (illustration)

Indonesia experiences deficit in soybean production

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUBANG -- Minister of Agriculture, Suswono said that Indonesia still needed more soybean supply. This country always experiences deficit as the supply cannot meet the demand."Soybean production cannot meet national needs," Suswono said recently as reported by Wahyu Saputra.Indonesian demand for soybeans in 2014 reached 2.2 million tonnes. However, it cannot be produced by farmers. Suswono said that...

Rice (illustration)

Rabu , 29 Jan 2014, 23:55 WIB

Govt to investigate illegal rice from Vietnam

Australian beef (illustration)

Kamis , 23 Jan 2014, 17:48 WIB

Indonesia still needs to import beef

Rice field in Boyolali, Central Java (illustration)

Senin , 20 Jan 2014, 17:01 WIB

Rice harvest delayed due to bad weather

Indonesia plans to explain the CPO issues to US. (illustration)

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 12:20 WIB

CPO price falls in South Sumatra