Category: Commodities

Issue related to rice import have in fact been discussed and debated since mid-2015. The issue was raised by government’s deliberation that el-nino and drought have made many commodity especially rice faced harvest failure. Delay in planting season and low absorption level by Bulog (National Logistic Agency of Indonesia) made rice stock in Bulog’s warehouse […]
This afternoon, under the MTCP 2 – AFOSP, November 6, 2015, Vietnam NAC meeting was held. Presence at the meeting are representatives from VNFU, Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA), VietDHRRA, Department of Cooperative Economics and Rural Development, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD)…..  The objectives of the meeting are to discuss […]
Jakarta, November 2, 2015 – Indonesian Peasant Alliance (API) in cooperation with the Directorate of Staples and Strategic Goods of the Ministry of Commerce of the Republic of Indonesia (Bapokstra of Ministry of Commerce) has organized a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) entitled “The Effectiveness of the Current Policies on HPP of Paddy/Rice in the Coming […]