Rice farmers in Cokrokembang village, East Java province, suspect contamination from a nearby copper mine operated by PT Gemilang Limpah Internusa is to blame for recent crop failures. Water pollution ...

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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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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Bandung - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released the temporary figure for rice, corn and soybean productions in West Java. “Rice, corn and soybean production in 2015 dropped due to ...

JAKARTA, Aug 25 (Bernama): Indonesian authorities in Indramayu Regency, West Java, are planning to release 10,000 non-venomous snakes into paddy fields to combat rat infestations that threaten rice ...