JAKARTA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government plans to purchase more rice from farmers in 2025 to enhance their welfare and ensure food security, a minister said on Monday. Coordinating ...

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inspected the use of rice planting machines in paddy fields in a village in Langkat, ...

The Indonesian agricultural landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as many farmers abandon rice cultivation and opt for alternative crops. This shift stems from a lack of government ...

Bigger rice reserves would boost people’s confidence in the country’s food supplies, according to senior minister Zulkifli ...

But the skilled rice farmers who tend the land are ageing and not being replaced by young people in the prefecture, who often choose to live and work in one of Japan’s bustling cities such as ...

The Indonesian government expressed optimism that the plan to stop importing sugar and several other commodities in 2025 will ...

Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers' Union, Henry Saragih, criticized the planned import of rice from India, on various grounds. Governments are judged to have out-of-sync data, and tend to import ...

The Indonesian government expressed optimism that the plan to stop importing sugar and several other commodities in 2025 will ...

“These fields are just like they would have been in the 17th or 18th century,” says Chalmers, 60, a fourth-generation rice farmer whose Lowcountry roots stretch back hundreds of year ...

The report also provides information about trade and key figures on prices, followed by consumption statistics related to the Indonesian rice market.

Rose Nekesa's rice field in western Kenya has been invaded by huge swarms of the voracious red-billed quelea bird. Thousands of farmers like her near the lakeside city of Kisumu fear they will ...

greater imports and lower output among rice farmers who will not be protected from competition,” said Dr McGill. More imports will push down rice prices in Malaysia, he added. But rice farmers ...