date:Jul 17, 2014
ent to 34 million tons this year from a year earlier based on the first government forecast, and he expected the figure to rise in the second estimate that would be announced soon.
Indonesia had previously imported rice, the staple food for most of its large populations, from Thailand, Vietnam and other countries.
The deputy minister said that self-sufficiency on rice would continue to the coming years.
The Indonesian government expected to raise rice stockpile to 2. 7 million tons this year,