In a coordination meeting for the leadership of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (PC-PEN) of the Ministry of Institutions 2020, Minister of Defense Syahrul Yasin Limpo confirmed the availability of rice for national needs until the end of the year. “The first planting season from January to June 2020, there were 23 million tons of carry-over …

As is known, until now the global coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine has not been found yet and is still in a long research process. However, the Agriculture Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) said it was ready to produce an antivirus necklace that was claimed to be able to kill the virus that had infected millions …

The Agriculture Ministry is asking the government to hand farmers monthly payments of Bt5,000 for six months to maintain the agricultural supply amid forecasts of global food shortages within three months. Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the agriculture minister, said that the United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the World Trade Organisation all predict that food shortages will become another …

The fulfilment of food needs is very necessary during Covid-9 pandemic. A national program is being planned by the Ministry of Agriculture that procures booths, which distributes rice, similar to an automatic teller machine (ATM). By this program nearby residents can access this facility. According to Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, that based on the calculations done by the …