The Ministry of Trade announced that a Mojokerto-based business in East Java has made its first molasses export to Australia, worth US$10,000 or around Rp166.5 million.
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Indonesia has pledged to revive its historic spice legacy by designating North Maluku as a global spice hub, Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said at a coordination meeting in Ternate on October 28, outlining plans to achieve it through plantation downstreaming and industrialisation.
Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf is exploring a partnership with the government of Australia’s Northern Territory to develop the region’s cattle and agricultural sectors.
Optimising supply of dairy cattle to Indonesia opens new opportunities while also contributing to Indonesia’s long-term dairy development goals.
Founder & CEO Es Teler 77 Yenny Widjaja mengatakan, Australia bukanlah pasar baru bagi Es Teler 77. Penandatanganan MoU ini bukan sekadar langkah ekspansi bisnis, melainkan momen Es Teler 77 membawa cita rasa otentik Indonesia bagi masyarakat Australia.
In Indonesia, it is common for people to lean on grandmothers to look after their children while they are at work. Many gladly do, as their way of showing care toward the family. As part of this, grandmothers would cook meals for their grandchildren and also buy them treats. Indonesian children often grow up on their grandmother’s cooking.
From spicy fried chicken to comforting (vegan) salads and sambals, Ah Beng Indonesia celebrates the deliciousness and diversity of the archipelago’s cooking.
In 2024, Indonesia’s government signed Regulation Number 81 to push this diversification of food commodities in rural areas, which requires state agencies to support locally appropriate crops like cassava and sorghum.
The centrepiece of a programme to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers, the plan calls for importing a million dairy cows over five years, at a cost of nearly $3 billion, to lift the size of the country’s dairy herd more than four-fold from 220,000 now.
Indonesia has approved the authorization of 17 new Brazilian meatpacking plants to export beef, bringing the total number of units authorized to ship to the country to 38.
Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp, international nuclear safety officials say.
Following deadly riots in Indonesia and the death of gig workers, South-east Asians are showing solidarity by sending food and necessities via delivery apps.
Located at Queen Victoria Market Melbourne, the “Taste of Indonesia” event celebrating Indonesia’s 80th independence anniversary was held on 30 and 31 August. This annual culinary festival showcased a variety of Indonesian specialities, including traditional snacks and desserts.
The IBP investigative team traveled to Chaoshan, an industrial hub in Guangdong Province, China. The area, home to 30–40 factories producing food trays for global markets, also supplies trays for a number of importers involved in Indonesia’s “Makan Bergizi Gratis” (MBG) or Free Nutritious Meal program for school children.
Australian-funded workshops in Indonesia are helping to protect the livestock industries in both countries from foot and mouth disease (FMD) and lumpy skin disease (LSD).
Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting more than 1,000 people.
