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August 29, 2003

Laksamana.Net - August 29, 2003

As drought continues to grip much of Indonesia, it was little surprise to see agricultural policies in the news last week.

August 28, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 28, 2003

Oyos Saroso HN, Lampung province – Many thousands of people from Lampung have been forced to start eating cassava as the drought continues its stranglehold over the impoverished provinc

August 27, 2003

Antara - August 27, 2003

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Yusuf Kalla said on Wednesday that the government had distributed 1,800 tons of relief rice to 250,000 farmers in Java, which is suf

August 22, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 22, 2003

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Ainur R.

August 14, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 14, 2003

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – The current drought will not create a rice supply problem at home, but could potentially send millions of farmers into poverty, experts said.

Jakarta Post - August 14, 2003

Padang – Dozens of farmers from Kapa village in West Sumatra filed a police report on Wednesday, complaining about alleged intimidation against them by security personnel.

August 13, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 13, 2003

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A farmers union criticized on Tuesday the water resources bill for allowing private companies to exploit springs, which it said would harm farmers who

Green Left Weekly - August 13, 2003

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment-Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) has called for protests against major banks around the world with investments in PT London Sumatera Indon

August 4, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 4, 2003

Nana Rukmana, Majalengka – The declining price of cloves has prompted farmers in Talaga and Baturajeg districts to uproot their clove trees, saying they could no longer afford to mainta

August 1, 2003

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2003

Moch. N.

June 12, 2003

Jakarta Post - June 12, 2003

Nana Rukmana, Indramayu, West Java – Over 45,000 hectares of rice plants in the Indramayu and Cirebon regencies, known as the rice belt of West Java, have withered following the early a

June 9, 2003

Jakarta Post - June 9, 2003

Bernie K.

May 22, 2003

The Australian - May 22, 2003

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Bullets cracked through the smoke from three blazing vegetable trucks and a flaming bus in the village of Teupin Raya as the battle for Aceh grew more heated yest

November 30, 2002

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2002

Jakarta – Thousands of poor people in Banggai and Banggai Islands in Central Sulawesi are reportedly facing famine, following the sharp decrease in theLuwuk logistics sub-depot's rice s

October 22, 2002

Straits Time - October 22, 2002

Yeoh En-lai – Bali's famous beaches and spas are not the only places experiencing a dry spell.

October 8, 2002

Kompas - October 8, 2002

Semarang – Because the price of tobacco has plummeted to only 5,000 rupiah per kilogram in the last period, the economic conditions for tobacco farmers in the central tobacco plantation

September 30, 2002

Laksamana.Net - September 30, 2002

Middlemen, smugglers, exorbitant tariffs in foreign countries and a dire need for agricultural reform are all leading Indonesian farmers to take drastic action to protect their liveliho

September 28, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 28, 2002

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Life is hard for thousands of farmers in the northern coastal areas of Tangerang regency.

September 26, 2002

Asia Times - September 26, 2002

Bill Guerin – Thousands of Javanese sugarcane farmers staged a massive rally in Jakarta on Tuesday demanding protection from the glut of cheap imported sugar that has threatened their v

September 25, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 25, 2002

Jakarta – Thousands of farmers across the country marked National Farmers' Day on Tuesday with protests demanding comprehensive land reform and protection from the relentless onslaught

September 14, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 14, 2002

Jakarta – Experts welcomed on Friday the government's plan to provide incentives for rice farmers, but said that the government must also curb the smuggling of cheap rice into the count

September 13, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 13, 2002

Ainur R.

August 23, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 23, 2002

Oyos Saroso H.N., Kalianda, South Lampung – Lampung farmers have demanded the court take a decision on the ownership of local communal land, which they say has been illegally taken over

August 22, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 22, 2002

Nana Rukmana, Kuningan, West Java – Frustrated by declining coffee prices, many farmers in West Java are now cutting down their coffee plants and replacing them with vegetables and othe

August 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 21, 2002

Ainur R.

August 5, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 5, 2002

Oyos Saroso H.N., Gunungsugih, Central Lampung – Farmers in Lampung are clamoring for a higher base price for unhusked rice to compensate for the soaring price of fertilizer.

July 25, 2002

July 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 21, 2002

Yogita Tahilramani and Edith Hartanto, Mojokerto – Rising at dawn everyday, 60-year-old grandfather Hardjo prays long and hard before he prepares himself for work in the dry, rock-hard

July 20, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 20, 2002

Blontank Poer, Semarang – Calls for compensation are being voiced, nearly two decades after the construction project of a reservoir in the Central Java district of Kedungombo.

July 15, 2002

Reuters - July 15, 2002

Grace Nirang, Jakarta – Indonesia's plans to impose higher tariffs on a string of agricultural commodities might not help farmers as intended but instead raise consumer prices and encou

July 12, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 12, 2002

Yogita Tahilramani and Edith Hartanto, East Java – This year's drought has dealt a severe blow to East Java province causing the country's major rice producing area to suffer losses to

July 11, 2002

Straits Times - July 11, 2002

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's food-production targets could be hit this year because unscrupulous officials have allegedly been exporting fertiliser and reaping huge profits – at the

July 6, 2002

Melbourne Age - July 6, 2002

Jill Jolliffe, Maubisse – Like most country folk in East Timor, the 18,000 people of the Maubisse district are enthusiastic about independence, but worried about their future.