Java could lose up to six million tons of rice in 2014, unless something is done immediately to regulate and reduce pesticide use. Brown planthopper populations have exploded due to the overuse of ...

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For months I’ve been working on two books for children, one on rice and the other on coconuts. While writing the books was a solitary pursuit, doing the research was the opposite; it involved ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Around 9,368.5 hectares of rice fields in Central Java were flooded amidst rising rice prices these past two months. The floods also submerged agricultural land for other ...

A copper mine in Pacitan district on the island of Java has been temporarily closed by Indonesia’s mining ministry after contaminated irrigation water allegedly harmed food crops belonging to 200 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and First Lady Iriana paid a working visit to Tuban, East Java, on Thursday to carry out a number of activities, including planting rice and visiting ...