Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, has reported higher export of palm oil but lower domestic consumption of the commodity during the coronavirus pande

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil companies will no longer be required to allocate a fifth of their land for smallholder farmers under a new bill, a move activists and officials c

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Shortages in key commodities have been reported in most of Indonesia's 34 provinces as the nation copes with the double whammy of the coronavirus out

Jakarta – Indonesia will likely face a "drier than usual" dry season in key agricultural regions this year, President Jokowi Widodo said on Tuesday, adding that measures must be put in

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Domestic sugar manufacturers have begun to ramp up production capacity in response to the government's call to stabilize prices ahead of the Ramadan

Iwan M Putuhena, Novy Lumanauw, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The government plans to provide incentives for 2.44 million farmers after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered his min

Arya Dipa, Bambang Muryanto and Jon Afrizal, Bandung/Jambi – A pickup truck full of vegetables – sweet cassava leaves, water spinach, eggplants, long beans, chilis and pumpkins – stopp

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has said that the rice stock from the upcoming harvest season will last through November despite declining production and surging

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry is moving forward with its labor-intensive projects in rural areas, which include the irrigation improvement acceleratio

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – In addition to a number of social safety nets provided by the Social Affairs Ministry and other government institutions, the Agriculture Ministry has

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog), a governmental body responsible for securing the staple food supply, plans to ask for an additional Rp 10 trillio

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – As people across the country are forced to stay inside their homes to flatten Indonesia's COVID-19 curve, many seek solace in urban farming amid the waves

Purwani Diyah Prabandari, Jakarta – A large number of residents of Uraso in North Luwu earn their living from the hundreds of trees in their fields, from dogfruit to pepper.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Economists are warning against roadblocks that will endanger the supply of staple food and push up prices as the Ramadan and Idul Fitri holiday season ap

Jakarta – Palm oil plantations in top palm producer Indonesia have imposed protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus among workers but have no plans to reduce workers' hours or ot

Dylan Tokar – The palm oil industry's sustainability certifier has for the first time been asked to review allegations that one of its member companies paid bribes to cover up the impr

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Edi Susanto of Muara Medak, South Sumatra, can now cultivate a plot of land in the village forest without being afraid of being chased by officers.

Hengky Ola Sura, Maumere – Young farmers in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), most of whom have developed their land from square-one, are hoping to have access to the government's first subsid

Made Anthony Iswara, Bandung – A public-private partnership has allowed farmers in Ciwidey in Bandung, West Java, to reap better profits from selling Japanese vegetables.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has appointed Eddy Abdurrachman as the new Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDP-KS) president director, replacing

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country's heavily forested Papua region in favor of other, "greener," cro

Djemi Amnifu and Hengky Ola Sura, Kupang – Almost 2,000 pigs across Timor Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have died after contracting African swine fever (ASF), the NTT Animal Husba

Ernes Broning Kakisina, Yuni A, Sorong, Papua – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan encouraged the local governments and communi

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra has become a major exporter of agricultural products in Indonesia, thanks to serious efforts made by the local government in promoting farming ac

Apriadi Gunawan, Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra – Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo has assured that the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak had only hit and affected pigs in Nor

Hengky Ola Sura, Maumere – Around 120 pigs on farms across North Central Timor regency in East Nusa Tenggara have died suddenly of unknown causes, with the number likely to rise as off

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Oil palm farmers have called on the government to take concrete actions to implement policies designed to create a sustainable palm oil industry and deliver s

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – African swine fever, a disease previously blamed for the deaths of nearly a thousand pigs in Bali, is now being called unconfirmed, according to an offic

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of people staged a peaceful protest in front of the North Sumatra Legislative Council (DPRD) building in Medan on Monday, calling on Pr

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Balinese authorities have confirmed that the resort island has been plagued by African swine fever (ASF) following the deaths of nearly 1,000 pigs in the

Jakarta – The world's top palm oil producer Indonesia exported a record 36.18 million tonnes of palm oil and its products, including biodiesel and oleochemical last year, data from the

Hundreds of pigs across Bali have reportedly died from similar symptoms since December, prompting authorities to launch an investigation and raise better awareness among farmers and lo

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of Batak people in North Sumatra have kick started a campaign to protest a proposed plan to cull domesticated pigs across the province

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The extreme rains that affected many parts of the country including Blitar, East Java in recent months have worried poultry farmers in the regency as t

Amilia Rosa, Bali – Indonesian authorities have ordered pigs in Bali no longer be fed airline leftover food to protect them from a rapidly spreading bout of African swine fever.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi said the government had allocated Rp 5 billion (US$357,938) to bury thousands of pigs that had died of African swine fever

Rebecca Spellman – Deadly swine fever is closing in on Australia's pork industry as experts say it has reached Indonesia.

Yoga Rusmana, Jakarta – Coffee production in Indonesia will probably shrink to the smallest in almost a decade after a drought withered flowering, damping prospects for next year's har

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The prolonged drought this dry season has affected the productivity of poultry farmers in East Java, with a decline recorded in the quality and quantit

Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has set a target to increase its commercial business revenue by carrying out initiatives, including rice distribution partnerships and the

David Fickling – If you see a flowering of "palm-oil free" labels on supermarket shelves next year, then thank Indonesian drivers, President Donald Trump's trade negotiators, and sickl

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra administration will have all the pigs in the province culled unless it is capable of dealing with the hog cholera virus that has killed over

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia will start using a single set of data, instead of several compiled from many sources, for its food production and distribution next year to rem

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta (Bisnis) – Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo said that he would beef up insulation and quarantine following the alleged outbreak of African swine fever a

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Thousands of pigs believed to have died from cholera have littered rivers and streets across North Sumatra in the past few days after they were

Nur Yasmin, Nusa Dua – Indonesia is taking steps to increase competitiveness and productivity in its palm oil industry, especially through boosting domestic consumption.

Yoga Rusmana – The world has more than enough coffee, and Indonesia is looking to add to the glut.

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East Timor on Thursday confirmed that hundreds of hogs have died in an outbreak of African swine fever, after the disease has killed pigs from China to Slovakia, pushing up pork prices