Seminar bahan bakar Ethanol

Pada tanggal 15 Mei 2007 telah dilakukan seminar tentang Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology yang deiselenggarakan oleh United Nation University Yokohama. Pembicara tunggal adalah Professor Albert Sasson mantan Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, yang sedang menjadi Senior visiting Professor di United Nation University Yokohama.Professor Albert Sasson menjelaskan tentang kebutuhan manusia akan bahan bakar yang berasal dari produk pertanian. Beliau mengatakan bahwa kebutuhan bahan bakar dunia semakin...

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UN US Red Cross to Restore Fishering in Tsunami-Hit Areas

New York - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced recently that it has partnered with the American Red Cross to help fishing communities in Indonesia’s Aceh Province that were heavily impacted by the 2004 tsunami.The three-year project will assist in promoting the responsible and sustainable management of fisheries and aquaculture that coastal communities rely on for food and employment. Enhanced supervision of these sectors is crucial to prevent overfishing and prevent...

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RI, Brunei Strengthen Cooperation in Fishery Sector

Denpasar - The Indonesian delegation to an international fisheries conference here held a meeting with its counterpart from Brunei Darussalam on Friday to strengthen the two countries'' cooperation in the field.The meeting was held on the sidelines of the "Regional Ministerial Meeting on Promoting Responsible Fishing Practices in the Region," attended by representatives from 12 countries, namely Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Singapore, Thailand, China, Brunei...

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RI to Increase Cotton Production to 70,000 Tons in 2010

Jakarta - Indonesia plans to increase its cotton production to 70,000 tons in 2010 to reduce its dependencw on imports, Director General of Plantations Achmad Manggabarani said here on Monday.He said domestic need for cotton at present reached 550,000 tons a year but only 5,000 tons of it could be met by domestic production and the rest had to be met with imports."To meet the production target we plan to open 50,000 hectares of cotton plantations until 2010 and raise productivity to 1.4 tons per...

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RI to Develop Oil Palm Plantations in Tanzania

Jakarta - The Indonesian government is looking into the possibility of investing in oil palm plantations in Tanzania, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said Tuesday."In the era of globalization, we can develop plantations not only at home but also abroad,” he said in commenting on the results of his recent visit to the African country.He said Tanzania now has around 59 million hectares of oil palm plantations and its climate which is not much different from Indonesia's is worth considering...

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North Sumatra Earns US$12.7 Million from Cocoa Exports

Medan, North Sumatra - North Sumatra earned US$12.7 million in foreign exchange from cocoa exports in the first three months of 2007, a local official said."The value of the cocoa exports from January to March 2007 increased by about US$3 million from US$9.4 million in a corresponding period last year," Fitra Kurnia, an official of North Sumatra’s industry and trade office, said here on Thursday.The volume of the cocoa exports also increased to 7,636 tons from last year''s 7,015 tons in the first...

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Modern VCO Factory to be Built in North Sulawesi

Manado, N Sulawesi - North Sulawesi will have a modern virgin coconut oil (VCO) factory which will be build at an investment value of Rp1.3 billion from provincial budget, an official has said."Bid for a contract to build the factory will finish this year and the factory will be operated next year," North Sulawesi Plantation Office head Rene Hosang said here Tuesday.The proposed factory would use stainless steel machinery in a bid to maintain quality of VCO which was widely known as panacea, he...

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Japan Liberalizes Import Duties on Indonesia’s Banana, Manggo

Tokyo - Japan has liberalized import duties on such Indonesian fruits as banana, manggo, and rose-apple as a follow-up to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with Jakarta in mid April 2007, an official said.In the sixth round of EPA negotiations, Japan agreed to buy Indonesian fruits and assist Jakarta in overcoming fruit flies, Agricultural Attache at the Indonesian embassy in Japan, Pudjiatmoko, said here Tuesday.He said Indonesian fruit producers must be able to benefit from the agreement...

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Indonesia to Seek Japan’s Confirmation on EPA Settlement

Jakarta - Indonesia will seek Japan''s confirmation regarding the settlement of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with that country, trade minister Mari Elka Pangestu said here on Wednesday."We will go to Japan to ask for a confirmation on the follow-up of the EPA. We are now still waiting for information from the Japanese ministers of trade, economy and industry and foreign affairs on our planned bilateral meetings," she said.She said the negotiations on the agreement had now reached the...

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Indonesia to Open 50,000 New Rubber Plantations Until 2010

Jakarta - Indonesia plans to rejuvenate 250,000 hectares of traditional rubber plantations and create 50,000 new plantations starting this year until 2010 in an effort to become the world''s largest natural rubber producer, an industry spokesman said.Sudarto Mangunkusumo, executive director of the Association of Indonesia Rubber Companies (Gapkindo), said here on Monday the government would provide up to Rp2 trillion for the project.He said Gapkindo had suggested that the government speed up the...

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China’s Guangxi Province Interested in Investing in RI Sugar Industry

Jakarta - The Guangxi Province in China is exploring possibilities of investment in the sugar industry in Indonesia, Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said."They are interested in building a sugar mill and open sugarcane plantations in Indonesia," Fahmi told the press after a meeting with Liu Qibao, a Guangxi provincial administration official, here on Monday.He said the government will soon issue a policy on investment in the sugar industry under which those wishing to set up sugar mills in the country...

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