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RI to see decline in rice production this year: BPS
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) predicts that Indonesia's production of rice throughout the year will be 69
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he Central Statistics Agency (BPS) predicts that Indonesia's production of rice throughout the year will be 69.87 million tons of husked rice, a 1.98 percent decline from 2013.
"The decline in rice production is due to decreasing harvest areas in the country by 1.92 percent or equal to 265,031 hectares," BPS head Suryamin told reporters in Jakarta on Tuesday as quoted by Antara news agency.
He also said that the reduction in rice production was triggered by a drop in paddy field productivity from producing 5,152 kilograms of rice per hectare last year to 5,149 kg of rice per hectare this year.
"It is influenced by the climate, such as floods in a number of regions in the country that caused harvest failure," he said.
In addition, the fact that some rice farmers had shifted to planting corn and soybean contributed to the fall in rice production.
According to the BPS, Java will see a decline of 1.86 million tons of rice. Banten, West Java, and Central Java will record the biggest declines, he said. (nfo)
