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Youngest province still reliant in food supply
A note for the newcomer: A Central Statistics Agency (BPS) survey has indicated that North Kalimantan, the youngest province in Indonesia, has made poor progress in food sovereignty as it still has to buy almost all of its rice and red chili from other provinces
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A note for the newcomer: A Central Statistics Agency (BPS) survey has indicated that North Kalimantan, the youngest province in Indonesia, has made poor progress in food sovereignty as it still has to buy almost all of its rice and red chili from other provinces. (table) (BPS) survey has indicated that North Kalimantan, the youngest province in Indonesia, has made poor progress in food sovereignty as it still has to buy almost all of its rice and red chili from other provinces. (table)
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span class="inline inline-center">A note for the newcomer: A Central Statistics Agency (BPS) survey has indicated that North Kalimantan, the youngest province in Indonesia, has made poor progress in food sovereignty as it still has to buy almost all of its rice and red chili from other provinces. (table)
Statically, North Kalimantan, the country's youngest province, has shown little progress in food independency as it still buys almost all of two staple foods from other provinces, the Central Statistical Agency (BPS) reveals.
According to a BPS survey, the 34th province has to buy rice and chili to meet 99.8 percent of local demand. The agency surveyed five of the main commodities, namely rice, chili, onions, corn and chicken meat.
"North Kalimantan is a newcomer, the problem is a lack of rice fields. This causes a margin in rice price of almost 20 percent compared to the national average of 10.4 percent. It should consider opening new rice fields," said BPS head Suryamin in Jakarta on Monday.
However, based on the survey, North Kalimantan which became a new province effectively in 2013 is the country's biggest chicken supplier, selling up to 16.05 percent of the chickens produced nationwide.
As for onions and corn, West Java and Gorontalo have the largest distribution of the two commodities of all the provinces, distributing each product to eight and four provinces, respectively.
Overall, Central Java remains the dominant food trader, with the largest trade distribution of most staple foods on average, reaching eight provinces.
"But even Central Java must import 0.12 percent of its rice from India: Basmati rice. There are provinces that have reached self-sufficiency in rice, such as West Sumatra. The challenge is in the distribution," Suryamin said. (ags)
