How Bali’s rice production is measured: harvested area versus output
Bali’s rice statistics distinguish annual harvested area from rice output and permanent land conversion. The latest figures show 96,444 hectares harve…
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Lombok Tengah regent urges investors to report delayed permits
Lombok Tengah Regent Lalu Pathul Bahri urged investors to report deliberately delayed permits while stressing that development must comply with licens…
How Bali measures food security: the 2025 numbers explained
Bali reported a 245.39% strategic-food availability ratio in 2025, but that measure is different from farmer incomes and prices. Official data show wh…
Bali officials to meet on proposed protected agricultural land
Bali’s provincial land agency was due to convene a 29 September meeting led by the governor on proposed protected agricultural areas, following techni…
Rice field conversion intensifies pressure on Bali’s subak system
Bali’s rapid conversion of productive rice fields into housing and commercial areas is intensifying pressure on farming livelihoods, subak irrigation…
BPD Bali cocoa financing reaches Rp4.525 billion in OJK-backed Bali scheme
Bank BPD Bali and the Bali office of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) are building a cocoa financing ecosystem in Tabanan, reporting Rp4…
Bali rice fields shrink by over 10,000 hectares in less than a decade
Rice-field area in Bali has reportedly fallen from about 78,626 hectares in 2017 to around 68,078 hectares by 2026, prompting warnings from student gr…
Badung sets 42 hectares for chili planting, targets 420 tons
Badung’s Agriculture and Food Agency is rolling out a 42-hectare chili program across three districts through December 2026, targeting about 420 tons…
Bali Speeds Up LP2B Mapping to Protect Farmland from Conversion
Bali’s provincial government is working with the national land agency to speed up mapping and legal protection of sustainable food-agriculture land (L…
Bali enacts Perda 4/2026 to curb land conversion and nominee ownership
Bali has enacted Provincial Regulation No. 4 of 2026 to restrict conversion of productive farmland and ban nominee land ownership, a policy officials…
Sidan expands organic farming to 30 hectares, links it to eco-tourism
Sidan village in Gianyar has expanded organic farming to 30 hectares, according to local reports, while linking the programme to Kissidan Eco Hill as…
Koster moves to tighten controls on Bali farmland conversion
Bali Governor Wayan Koster is tightening controls on the conversion of productive farmland as rice-field area shrinks, backing a new regional regulati…