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UNHUSKED RICE PRODUCTION IN 2009 ESTIMATED AT 60.93 MILLION TONS
Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has predicted that Indonesia's unhulled rice production this year will reach 60.93 million tons.
"Our estimate on the country's unhusked rice production this year is about 60.93 million tons," BPS head Rusman Heriawan said here on Monday.
He said compared with last year, production this year would increase by 1.13 percent or 0.68 million tons. "Therefore, the government's plan to export rice is still feasible ," he added.
Heriawan said increases in the country's rice production would take place in several provinces, including in West Java, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Central Java, North Sumatra and Riau.
BPS had also put the provisional figure for the country's rice production in 2008 at 60.25 million tons or an increase of about 5.41 percent from the previous year.
The increase in rice production was made possible due to an increase in the total area of rice fields harvested by 1.33 percent to 161,520 hectares. This increased production by 190 kg per hectare or about 4.04 percent.
He further said the increase in rice production in 2008 took place in the provinces of East Java, Central Java, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sumatra, West Java and Central Sulawesi.
"Our estimate on the country's unhusked rice production this year is about 60.93 million tons," BPS head Rusman Heriawan said here on Monday.
He said compared with last year, production this year would increase by 1.13 percent or 0.68 million tons. "Therefore, the government's plan to export rice is still feasible ," he added.
Heriawan said increases in the country's rice production would take place in several provinces, including in West Java, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Central Java, North Sumatra and Riau.
BPS had also put the provisional figure for the country's rice production in 2008 at 60.25 million tons or an increase of about 5.41 percent from the previous year.
The increase in rice production was made possible due to an increase in the total area of rice fields harvested by 1.33 percent to 161,520 hectares. This increased production by 190 kg per hectare or about 4.04 percent.
He further said the increase in rice production in 2008 took place in the provinces of East Java, Central Java, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sumatra, West Java and Central Sulawesi.
