Jakarta – Ports across Java and Sumatra have been bustling with activity as cargo ships arrive carrying bags of milled rice from neighboring countries since the beginning of this month.

Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has addressed concerns over rising beef prices and import delays, assuring that shipments are on track to arrive in time for the upcoming Idul Fitri celebra

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry, along with the Agriculture Ministry, harvested corn in a food estate area in Tewai Baru village, Sepang district, Central Kalimantan, on Monday.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesians have entered Ramadan with soaring food prices amid increased demand, and economists are predicting further hikes over the next two months, but the

Antara, Samarinda – The National Armed Force (TNI) is assisting the Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar) district government in efforts to develop the district as the food barn of the new capital

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said on Wednesday that the persistent increase in rice prices has been driven by a shortage of subsidized fertilizer

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Across the nation, Indonesians are queueing for rice, sugar and other staples to try and beat rising prices ahead of Ramadan, which is expected to begin on Mar

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto believed that in less than five years Indonesia will be able to become an exporter and gain food indep

Jakarta – The price of rice has started to decline in various parts of the country after government efforts in past weeks to focus on distributing the staple food to markets.

Around 360,000 people in Timor-Leste, a country with a population of 1.3 million, face critical levels of food insecurity, according to a report assessing the food situation in the coun

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is currently formulating a contingency fund dedicated to the National Food Agency (Bapanas) to ensure the distribution of food in mar

Jakarta – Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto has predicted that Indonesia will be able to achieve food self-sufficiency through the food estate program in the next two to thre

Antara, Aisyah Amira, Jakarta – The Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi spoke up about the spike in food prices a week before Ramadan.

Elan Suherlan, Subang – A shipment of 66,000 tons of imported rice from Vietnam arrived at Patimban Port, Subang, West Java, on Friday.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – As Indonesians prepare to welcome the fasting month of Ramadan in March, rice prices reached an all-time high in February 2024, according to the Central S

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is currently investigating the recent surge in rice prices and the scarcity of rice stocks in tr

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The government had increased this year's rice import quota by 1.6 million tonnes to bolster the nation's reserves, the National Food Agency (Bapanas) announce

Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to double the subsidized fertilizer allocation, raising it from 4.7 million tons to 9.55 million tons.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Delayed harvests and dwindling supply have sent premium rice prices skyrocketing to a record high, the Indonesia Market Traders Association (IKAPPI) has said.

Herman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Market Traders Association (Ikappi) is raising concerns over the rising price of rice, as traders encounter challenges in acquiring premium

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is on alert to anticipate the rise in rice prices from early 2024 leading up to Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, which falls between March

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – As President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ramped up the rice social assistance program for 22 million poor households in January ahead of the general election,

Ruth Dea Juwita, Manila – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) is planning to import 2 million tonnes of rice from Thailand to combat shortages and skyrocketing prices across the country,

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Retailers (Aprindo) has reported a scarcity of premium-quality rice across the country amid a spike in demand and a delayed harvest

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the government has raised the fertilizer subsidy budget by Rp14 trillion.

Zannie Langford – Indonesia, the world's second-largest seaweed producer, plans to introduce a nationwide export ban on seaweed, following a ban at a provincial level in 2022.

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – The increased distribution of subsidized fertilizer has done little to improve agricultural production in the country, industry players and experts say, noting

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) denied the Ministry of Agriculture's claim that the food estate project in Central Kalimantan, ni

Jaya Barends, Buru Island, Indonesia – At the beginning of November last year, Tamami's rice field lay vacant except for a herd of cattle grazing on the land.

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to increase its sugar production by almost 300 percent from the current amount by 2030 if the country wants to achieve self-sufficiency, includ

Jakarta – Food and energy, two resources crucial to our national stability, were rightly included on the list of topics for the second vice presidential debate on Sunday.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Presidential Staff Office Coordinator Ari Dwipayana has refuted statements made by vice-presidential candidates Mohammad Mahfud MD and Muhaimin Iskandar,

Monique Handa Shafira, Garut, West Java – The Indonesian government plans to import another 3 million tons of rice this year, the same amount it bought from international markets last y

Adinda Jasmine Prasetyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) accused the government of failing to pursue food sovereignty as rice imports continue to rise every year.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has decided to raise the portion of its state budget for fertilizer subsidy, one of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration's la

Jayapura, Jubi – Jean Hendrik Rollo, the Head of the Food Security and Agriculture Department in Jayapura City, expressed the need to promote modern agriculture to increase interest, pa

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia witnessed a dramatic surge in rice imports, reaching 3.06 million tons in 2023.

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – State Logistics Agency (Bulog) president director Bayu Krisnamurthi said that the government agreed to assign them with importing 2 million tons of rice th

Jayapura, Jubi – Farmers in Jayapura City are expressing concerns over the availability and cost of fertilizers.

Yohana Belinda, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has acknowledged that cutting the country's reliance on rice imports has proven to be difficult task, as he defended his governm

Themmy Doaly, Batutegi Forest, Indonesia – Like millions of small farmers across Indonesia, Sri Atmiatun's family has shouldered higher fertilizer prices, cost-of-living hikes, and incr

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia's rice output in January and February this year is estimated at 2.25 million metric tons, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday, a 46.3

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Since its inception in 2017, the Jakarta-based Sustainable District Association, or LTKL, has brought together district governments and other stakeholders

Antara, Jakarta – Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), Arief Prasetyo Adi, stated that rice and sugar imports from India had been hampered due to the country's policy restriction

Defara Dhanya, Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – A member of running presidential pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar's winning team Wijayanto Samirin claimed that the government's food estat

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) anticipates that palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia, major contributors to the global mar

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice as severe drought has reduced output of the staple in Southeast Asia's most populous countr

Antara, Pekalongan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pledged to immediately increase fertilizer subsidies in response to the shortage of the commodity being complained about by farmers.

Yashinta Difa P, Resinta Sulistiyandari, Jakarta – The government is preparing one million hectares of land in Papua for investors interested in building sugar factories to help Indones

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) said the number of regions vulnerable to food insecurity decreased from 74 regencies/cities in 2022 to 68 regencies/citi