“Indonesia’s rice self-sufficiency has contributed to a 44 percent fall in global rice prices after the country sharply cut imports, Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said on Wednesday.”
” ‘The world rice price has dropped from USD650 per metric ton to USD340 per metric ton, a decline of 44 percent,’ Sulaiman said at a grand harvest and food self-sufficiency event in Karawang, West Java.”
” ‘There are currently no imports, which means oversupply in Vietnam, Thailand, India, Pakistan and others. Indonesian farmers are contributing to the world,’ he said.”
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“He stated that Indonesia must achieve food self-sufficiency, specifically in animal protein from both livestock and fish.”
“To achieve this, the government will establish thousands of fishing villages and develop hundreds of fish farming centers nationwide.”