Sugarcane harvest (illustration)

Sugarcane farmers of West Java loses 70 billion IDR

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CIREBON - Sugarcane farmers in West Java suffered losses up to 70 billion IDR due to weather anomalies.  "Wet dry season causes sugarcane farmers cannot harvest optimally. Rain continues to fall and causes sugarcane plantation in the areas inundated and the situation made cutting machine hardly works," Chairman of Indonesia Sugarcane Farmers Association (APTRI) in West Java, Anwar Asmali...

Coffee beans, one of Indonesian commodities (illustration)

Ahad , 14 Jul 2013, 00:40 WIB

Robusta cofee from Tanggamus

Indonesian singer, Syahrini, is popular with her falsies or false eyelashes. Now the falsies become among commodities to be exported to Ukraine. (file photo)

Sabtu , 25 May 2013, 23:37 WIB

Indonesia exports 'falsies' to Ukraine

Imported bananas (illustration)

As govt bans import, farmers need to be more creative

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian farmers are expected to be more creative to develop their products as government temporary bans several products of horticulture import. Started in January 2013, Ministry of Agriculture bans 11 kinds of horticulture, which are pineapple, papaya, melon, banana, durian, cabbage, pepper, broccoli, orchid, chrysanthemum, and heliconia. "Importer usually use poor quality of local products as their...