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.

Central Java acting governor Nana Sudjana said rice has been distributed to areas with extreme levels of poverty as part of an effort to anticipate inflation. (ANTARA/HO-Central Java Government/rst) ...

West Java reported that 874 hectares of rice fields suffered from crop failure due to extreme weather, which resulted in landslides, droughts and floods in the latest planting season.

Semarang, C Java (ANTARA) - The Central Java Provincial Government has reserved 200 tons of rice to deal with the El Nino phenomenon. "We have prepared government food reserves amounting to 200 tons ...