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Minister of Agriculture Suswono had an opportunity to symbolically hand over very early ripening seeds to the nine provinces that are the main rice producers. The hand over of the seeds performed at an interval during the National Coordination Meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on 4-5 February 2010. It is the realization of one of the 100 first day work programs of the Ministry of Agriculture and also to support the targets of Ministry of Agriculture, i.e. the realization of rice self-sufficiency and sustainable rice self-sufficiency.The seed distribution to each province was actually carried out in December 2009, but symbolically it was conducted during that coordination meeting. (more ...)
In the last Governing Body (GB) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic and Resources for Food and Agriculture in Tunisia, Indonesia has announced to host the “Fourth Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic and Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)”. The Fourth GB of ITPGRFA has been scheduled to take place in Bali on 7-11 March 2011. In relation to this, Dr.Shakeel Bhatti, secretary of ITPGRFA accompanied by Dr. Haryono, secretary of IAARD, met Suswono, Indonesian Minister of Agriculture on November 30,2009 to report the initial preparation of the Session. (more ...)
IAARD once again obtained recognition for its achievement. Out of nine breeders announced by the Department of National Education as the receivers of the 2009 Extraordinary Intellectual Property (IEP) Awards for Variety Division (Plant Variety Patent Right Producers) five come from IAARD. The five IAARD breeders are Dr. Aan A. Daradjat; Dr. Ir. Budi Marwoto, MS, APU; Dr. Ir. H. Sudjindro, MS; Dr. Abdul Razak Purba; and Dr. Ir. Darman Moudar Arsyad. (more ...)
Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) in Sukamandi again was visited by a state guest. This time, visiting ICRR was the prime Minister of Tanzania on Friday 11 September 2009. The visit was carried out in the frame of bilateral collaborations in the agricultural sector between Indonesian and Tanzanian Governments. (more ...)
The visit of Malaysian Commodity and Agriculture Minister to Indonesia is a follow-up and agreement of the 3rd Ministerial Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) for commodities between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bali on 25 April 2008. One of the agreement points is both countries will collaborate to develop bio-diesel from fence castor oil (Jatropha Curcas). The collaboration to be conducted comprises research and development activities related to agronomic practices, breeding of quality seeds, and processing technology. (more ...)
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) through its Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research and Development (IAARD) explored possible research collaboration with the Viet Nam Academy of Agricultural Science (VAAS) in several fields of mutual interests. (more ...)
Various attempts have been carried out in the Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC) Collaborative Forum such as facilitating economic growths, improving the economic and technical collaborations as well as the togetherness as a community. The Indonesian involvement through the Department of Agriculture is in the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG). (more ...)
The Sixth Meeting of the ASEAN Genetically Modified Food Testing Network (ASEAN GMF Net) was held in Jakarta on 19-20 May 2009. The Meeting was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam and representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat. (more ...)
The awareness improvement of the community and industrial world on the importance of healthy food has motivated various parties to produce superior peanuts free from aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a compound produced by a mold called Aspergillus flavus found in peanut and corn, and a toxin for human and animal health. (more ...)
The development of hybrid paddy is expected to be capable of providing a real contribution to the increase of the national rice production, thus sustainable self sufficient rice can be achieved. Such was the welcome speech delivered by the Director General of IAARD, Dr. Gatot Irianto, at the signing of MOU between Indonesian Centre for Rice Research (ICRR) and PT. DuPont Indonesia, in Jakarta on 16 March 2009. (more ...)