Wedged between a construction site and a vacant cafe on Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD is The Sambal, an unassuming mid-sized Indonesian restaurant.
Food
Arsyad’s journey into environmental art began with an intensely personal experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, which profoundly shaped her artistic focus.
Resulting from a collaboration between Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning and researchers from Stanford University, the project seeks to identify regions which will benefit from increased access to the country’s bounty of seafoods, driving food and livelihood security.
President Prabowo Subianto’s free lunch programme is a result of a campaign promise to improve health, education, and grow the economy.
Shallot farmers across 4 coastal provinces in Indonesia are experiencing significant growth in production and income through ACIAR-funded research promoting sustainable cropping systems.
Fifty dairy heifers have been flown from Sydney to Jakarta in what is understood to be the first Australian cattle exported to Indonesia specifically for the country’s free school lunch program.
The planned increase in Indonesia’s value-added tax (VAT) rate from 11 percent to 12 percent could reduce the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by Rp 21 trillion ($1.3 billion), an economist warned on Thursday.
The Indonesian government is working to ensure staple commodities are available ahead of Christmas and New Year, according to Minister of Trade Budi Santoso.
Expectations are growing that Korea’s advanced technology will play a pivotal role in helping Indonesia achieve its food and energy security goals.
Two prominent Australian livestock exporting companies have formed a joint venture to supply dairy cattle to Indonesia, in alignment with newly elected President Prabowo Subianto’s free milk for school students program.
The Australia-Indonesia Centre’s newest research program is putting a focus on coastal communities to look at ways to tackle some critical economic and social gaps.
Live cattle exports have remained consistent for the majority of this year, with strengthening demand from main markets Indonesia and Vietnam making up for less breeder cattle trade with China.
De Heus, a global leader in animal nutrition, on Oct. 14 announced that it has strengthened its presence in Indonesia with the acquisition and launch of a facility in Purwodadi, Central Java.
President-elect Prabowo Subianto aims for Indonesia to achieve food self-sufficiency within four years of taking office.
Outgoing President Joko Widodo’s government has built food estates across Indonesia – including in Papua – to promote self-sufficiency.
After almost 40 years of living in the Minangkabau region, I have come to realise how little the environment here has changed.
