Rice farmers in Cokrokembang village, East Java province, suspect contamination from a nearby copper mine operated by PT Gemilang Limpah Internusa is to blame for recent crop failures. Water pollution ...

Java could lose up to six million tons of rice in 2014, unless something is done immediately to regulate and reduce pesticide use. Brown planthopper populations have exploded due to the overuse of ...

For months I’ve been working on two books for children, one on rice and the other on coconuts. While writing the books was a solitary pursuit, doing the research was the opposite; it involved ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and First Lady Iriana paid a working visit to Tuban, East Java, on Thursday to carry out a number of activities, including planting rice and visiting ...

A copper mine in Pacitan district on the island of Java has been temporarily closed by Indonesia’s mining ministry after contaminated irrigation water allegedly harmed food crops belonging to 200 ...