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GOVT OPTIMISTIC FOOD PRODUCTION TO KEEP INCREASING
Jakarta, April 24 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is optimistic the country's food production will keep increasing and even believes the country may be able to supply some of the world's food needs, Hatta Radjasa said.
The coordinating minister for economic affairs said here on Saturday that food resilience is a serious matter needing comprehensive and sustainable management.
"The government has conducted revitalization efforts, now entering the second stage, which are expected to be completed in 2014," he said as a keynote speaker at a seminar on "Sustainable Business Competitiveness: The Next Challenge" held by the Bogor Institute of Agriculture at Grand Hyatt Hotel.
He said the efforts were expected to be able to boost national food resilience as well as to make the country able to supply part of the world's needs.
The efforts would help solidify the country's self-sufficiency in rice and also increase its self-sufficiency in corn, sugar and cow meat.
He said the government projected a growth of around 3.22 percent a year in the main food commodities between 2010 and 2014 with corn production to grow 10.02 percent a year, soybean to grow 20.04, sugar 12.55 percent and cow meat 7.30 percent a year.
To improve food resilience the government is also conducting downstream sector development by building food industries, he said.
He said efforts to improve food resilience must also be supported by water supply resilience and in this context the government has kept improving catchment areas through forestation and management of water use in the areas, referring to the tree planting that has been done by the government along with community elements on two million hectares of land in the upper reaches of rivers in Java.
"Efforts to boost water supply resilience have also been done through increasing drinking water supply by PDAM," he said.
The coordinating minister for economic affairs said here on Saturday that food resilience is a serious matter needing comprehensive and sustainable management.
"The government has conducted revitalization efforts, now entering the second stage, which are expected to be completed in 2014," he said as a keynote speaker at a seminar on "Sustainable Business Competitiveness: The Next Challenge" held by the Bogor Institute of Agriculture at Grand Hyatt Hotel.
He said the efforts were expected to be able to boost national food resilience as well as to make the country able to supply part of the world's needs.
The efforts would help solidify the country's self-sufficiency in rice and also increase its self-sufficiency in corn, sugar and cow meat.
He said the government projected a growth of around 3.22 percent a year in the main food commodities between 2010 and 2014 with corn production to grow 10.02 percent a year, soybean to grow 20.04, sugar 12.55 percent and cow meat 7.30 percent a year.
To improve food resilience the government is also conducting downstream sector development by building food industries, he said.
He said efforts to improve food resilience must also be supported by water supply resilience and in this context the government has kept improving catchment areas through forestation and management of water use in the areas, referring to the tree planting that has been done by the government along with community elements on two million hectares of land in the upper reaches of rivers in Java.
"Efforts to boost water supply resilience have also been done through increasing drinking water supply by PDAM," he said.
