Surabaya

Selasa , 10 Mar 2015, 17:00 WIB

Surabaya prepares 50 tons of cheap rice

Raskin stock

Sabtu , 07 Mar 2015, 16:32 WIB

Govt to rearrange raskin program

Rice

Selasa , 03 Mar 2015, 13:15 WIB

Govt urged to stabilize rice prices

Bulog

Selasa , 03 Mar 2015, 10:45 WIB

Observer: Bulog must be evaluated

Rice

Senin , 02 Mar 2015, 22:21 WIB

Rice prices in Jakarta begin to go downs

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

Kamis , 18 Dec 2014, 18:50 WIB

Jokowi: No more importing rice in 2018

Bulog

Senin , 24 Nov 2014, 11:28 WIB

Hard for Bulog to buy rice from farmers

Soybeans (illustration)

President Jokowi reiterates his target to achieve food sufficiency in three years

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BRISBANE -- New Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo wishes to make the country self-sufficient in food within three years by implementing a number of programs.  In a meeting on Friday night, the president told Indonesian community members in Australia that the country's dependence on other nations for food commodities had been considerable. "I have told ministers that we have to...

Government reopens import of three commodities including chili pepper, to stabilize the soaring prices. (illustration)

Govt sets food production target to anticipate imports

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, By Andi AbdussalamThe Indonesian government has set a food production target, particularly for rice, the country's main staple, in anticipation of likely influx of food imports this year.Agriculture Minister Suswono has forecast that global food production will increase this year amid an improving global agricultural climate. The increase in the production of food commodities will drive down food...

Menteri Pertanian Suswono

Senin , 28 Oct 2013, 10:36 WIB

Suswono: no rice importation in 2013