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Learning from Indonesian rice farming
15-Sep-2008 08:21 AM

INDONESIAN rice farming methods and technologies would be introduced to local rice farmers during a two-week training programme which begins tomorrow in Navua.

The Ministry of Primary Industry says some 25 farmers will be involved in the training to be facilitated by four experienced rice farmers and an official from the Department of Agriculture.

Senior Agriculture Officer (Serua/Namosi), Sugrim Chand said the four farmers to be engaged as resource personnel were from the northern division.

He revealed they underwent four months of training on cultivation technologies of rice in Indonesia last year.

“With their experiences and training, we anticipate a good training for these rice farmers in Navua and hope that they will be able to grasp the various technologies for producing quality rice with quantity in mind,” Chand said. (more…)

A Comprehensive Report on Indonesia’s Food and Drink Market for Q3 2008: Examine Forecasts, the Latest Statistics and Key Industry Players

Last update: 9:00 p.m. EDT Aug. 17, 2008
DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Indonesia Food and Drink Report Q3 2008″ report to their offering.
Our Indonesia Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Indonesia’s food and drink industry.
Spiralling food prices – a strong theme throughout this report last quarter – were expected to make themselves known in the first quarter financial results releases of the country’s leading food and beverage producers; this did not happen. Instead, the food, beverage and retail industry’s leading players have posted strong net profit and revenue growth for Q108. Nonetheless, as examined in our newly published Indonesia Food & Drink Report for Q308, consumer confidence in the country remains shaky, and the prospects for strong full-year growth are still in the balance. (more…)

August 07, 2008 19:57 PM

Source: Bernama
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff

JOGJAKARTA, Aug 7 (Bernama)– The Education Ministry wants to learn from Indonesian schools on the agriculture vocational education, and arts and culture curriculum, said its minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

With the global food crisis, he said Malaysian schools should adopt a more dynamic agriculture vocational syllabus while instilling cultural awareness in schools in the face of globalisation.

“I find that Indonesia has succeeded in the agriculture vocational education as well as in imparting the arts and cultural values in schools. Both aspects must be given emphasis,” he told Bernama at the end of his three-day visit here. (more…)

Source: Reuters

Jakarta, July 25 – Indonesia’s largest listed plantation company, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, said on Friday its first-half net profit rose 134 percent from a year ago, supported by strong palm oil sales.

The firm, controlled by Indonesia’s top automotive distributor, PT Astra International Tbk, had previously reported a 20 percent increase in its crude palm oil (CPO) sales volume in the first half, paired with 58.9 percent rise in the average CPO price. (more…)

A top rice importer last year, Indonesia’s government is allocating more land to grow it and other food crops.
By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

from the July 14, 2008 edition

SUKABUMI, INDONESIA – With a milling plant and a hectare of rice paddy, Aan Suharlan is fully invested in Asia’s favorite food staple. Rice put his two grown-up children through school and has given him status in his village. But when he sees other farmers plow over their rice fields, he knows why they’re giving up on the grain. (more…)