The live cattle trade to Indonesia has changed significantly since Australia’s unprecedented export ban. Eight years on, the aftershocks are still being felt.
Food
The future is looking very bright in Australia’s number one cattle market, particularly given the growing demand for quality in beef from Indonesian consumers.
[Video content] Coffee consumption in Indonesia has almost doubled in a decade. Coffee tourism is boosting small coffee-growing locations in remote parts of Indonesia.
Melbourne has a new Indonesian restaurant in town with the launch of Yoi on Franklin Street. The family-run business is helmed by Ibu Lie Tjoa and her two sons Dion and Michael Sanusi.
Along with the growth of the world’s population, alternative sources of protein are needed that are suitable to meet daily protein needs. There are many alternative sources of protein that can be consumed by humans, including insects.
Indonesia’s national dish of nasi goreng, or fried rice, has become a lot cheaper these days as the nation’s two big ride-hailing apps wage a price war on everyday groceries.
Agriculture experts see the rare commodity of damar as something bigger; as a sort of anti-palm oil — a model to combat deforestation and climate change.
Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in 2018.
