#food

A man uses traditional methods to extract sago from sago tree. (illustration)

Kamis , 04 Sep 2014, 21:13 WIB

Indonesia potential to become the largest producer of sago in the region

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SORONG - Indonesia has the potential to be the largest sago producer in the Southeast Asian region if the government and administration accelerate the construction of infrastructure such...

Rabu , 27 Aug 2014, 20:02 WIB

Minister: Indonesia needs more than 27,000 additional agricultural instructors

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia additionally requires 27,269 agricultural instructors in order to implement the "one village one instructor" policy, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Minister of Agriculture Suswono stated during the inauguration of the Agricultural Instructors Academy on Wednesday that currently, there were only 47,955 agricultural instructors, which comprised 27,476 public servant instructors and 20,479 freelance instructors. With 75,224...

Sabtu , 26 Jul 2014, 14:50 WIB

Oops... China regulator says food supplier forged production dates

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SHANGHAI - Regulators in Shanghai found that scandal-hit...

Sabtu , 05 Jul 2014, 20:18 WIB

Indonesia seeks ways to tame hunger for food imports

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged...

Rabu , 02 Jul 2014, 09:00 WIB

UN: Food rations for 800,000 African refugees slashed

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GENEVA -- Nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa have...

A bucther arrange some beef stock at a market stall in Jakarta (illustration)

Sabtu , 14 Jun 2014, 18:55 WIB

Minister: Indonesia govt to import more beef before fasting month

A worker unloads rice stock in central rice market in Cipinang, Jakarta. (illustration)

Sabtu , 14 Jun 2014, 18:33 WIB

Govt guarantee food stocks, distribution for fasting month

Kamis , 12 Jun 2014, 21:33 WIB

Certification body: Halal certification will protect local products

Staff of Drug and Food Supervisory Agency (BPOM) inspects the meatballs sold in a supermarket in Banten. (illustration)

Senin , 09 Jun 2014, 19:53 WIB

MP: BPOM must speed up its work ahead of Ramadhan

An employee shows a box containing Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut and Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond, to be return tomorrow in a shop in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur May 27, 2014.

Senin , 02 Jun 2014, 13:44 WIB

Malaysia: Cadbury products found not to contain pig DNA

Rice field in Boyolali, Central Java (illustration)

Rabu , 28 May 2014, 13:50 WIB

Asia readies food security defenses against El Nino threat

Cars line up in a drive through lane at a McDonalds fast food restaurant in Toronto, May 1, 2014.

Jumat , 23 May 2014, 18:45 WIB

McDonald's new 'Happy' mascot dubbed McScary in social media

The new Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Chairul Tanjung (file photo)

Sabtu , 17 May 2014, 15:08 WIB

New minister vows to curb inflation during Eid al Fitr

Jumat , 16 May 2014, 00:58 WIB

APEC members strengthen cooperation to tackle new food security challenges

Jumat , 16 May 2014, 00:21 WIB

Rendang, new symbol of Indonesia's culinary

Sabtu , 26 Apr 2014, 13:22 WIB

BPOM set to build food museum in Yogyakarta

Cocoa harvest in Jember, East Java. (illustration)

Selasa , 08 Apr 2014, 18:37 WIB

Indonesia import duty decision set to shake up global cocoa supply

A man extracts sago from sago tree. (illustration)

Perhutani to build sago factory in Sorong

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - State owned forestry company, PT Perhutani plans to build a sago factory in South Sorong, Papua on area of 17 thousand hectares (ha). The plant will operate in 2015 with capacity of 30 thousand tonnes sago per ha. President Director of Perhutani, Bambang Sukmananto said that the plant would support national food security program. "Papuan people still...

Sign of 'halal food' in a food counter (illustration)

Sabtu , 15 Mar 2014, 20:40 WIB

Datamonitor: Halal food accounts a fifth of world trade

Senin , 10 Mar 2014, 17:46 WIB

UN warns food security a risk to Asia-Pacific

Counterfeit drugs are usually cheaper than the original ones. (Illustration)

Kamis , 27 Feb 2014, 00:18 WIB

BPOM: Beware of counterfeit drugs-cosmetics sold online

Selasa , 11 Feb 2014, 16:45 WIB

Tourism schools to teach 30 Indonesian dishes

Most research links high sodium consumption with greater risks of stroke and cardiovascular disease. (Illustration)

Ahad , 09 Feb 2014, 22:33 WIB

Study: A low-sodium diet is still the best bet

An ideal breakfast should include protein, healthy fat and a source of carbohydrates like fruit or vegetables or minimally processed grain. (illustration)

Ahad , 09 Feb 2014, 22:12 WIB

Teens' poor breakfast leads to obese in middle age

Rabu , 05 Feb 2014, 09:40 WIB

UN says food stock run low in CAR

Sabtu , 01 Feb 2014, 12:27 WIB

Goods supply to Babel affected by Jakarta floods

Selasa , 28 Jan 2014, 19:44 WIB

Expert: Madura potentially become Indonesia`s largest sugar-producer

A resident cleans her house from Mount Sinabung's volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra, last week. (File photo)

Ahad , 26 Jan 2014, 19:24 WIB

Bulog distributes 100 tonnes of rice to Sinabung refugees

Residents try to catch fish in inundated rice field in Ciasem, West Java, recently. (file photo)

Sabtu , 25 Jan 2014, 22:43 WIB

Association: Govt must helps farmers during floods

Kamis , 23 Jan 2014, 19:20 WIB

Govt guarantees food supply and prices quite stable

Kamis , 23 Jan 2014, 07:46 WIB

Govt: No disruption on rice supplies to Jakarta

Selasa , 21 Jan 2014, 16:31 WIB

Floods disrupt transportation, but rice stocks sufficient

Selasa , 21 Jan 2014, 15:12 WIB

Hukum Konsumsi Produk Rekayasa Genetik Halal

Senin , 20 Jan 2014, 17:01 WIB

Rice harvest delayed due to bad weather

Cinnamon rolls are sold at a bakery in Copenhagen, Denmark. (File photo)

Well... Danish cinnamon rolls too spicy for EU rules

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, COPENHAGEN - Easy on the cinnamon! That advice from Denmark's food authority has rankled pastry chefs whose cinnamon rolls were found to violate the European Union's spice rules. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration recently discovered that Danish cinnamon rolls and twists contained more coumarin — a chemical compound in the most common variety of cinnamon — than EU...

Kamis , 09 Jan 2014, 17:15 WIB