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Prabowo promises food self-sufficiency within four years

The Agriculture Ministry expects Indonesia will be self-sufficient in rice in 2027 and capable of exporting the commodity in 2028.

Divya Karyza (The Jakarta Post)
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Prabowo promises food self-sufficiency within four years A farmer works in a rice paddy on June 28, 2024 in Lambaro district, Aceh. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin )

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resident-elect Prabowo Subianto pledged on Wednesday that Indonesia would be capable of food self-sufficiency by the end of his upcoming administration, which the country has long found difficult to achieve.

Achieving food and energy self-sufficiency is “a must” for Southeast Asia's largest economy, Prabowo said, adding that he was confident it could be met within four years of his leadership.

“We have no choice but to be self-sufficient in food. I am confident that we will be able [to achieve it] no later than four years from [the day] I receive my mandate [as president],” he said during the BNI Investor Daily Summit 2024 on Wednesday.

Prabowo is due to be inaugurated as the country’s eighth president on Oct. 20.

Read also: Rice production sharply down so far this year

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest rice producers, but the country is grappling with supply issues, partly due to land-use change and lack of technology implementation, among many other problems.

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Over the past years, the archipelago has also faced unpredictable climate conditions, which has further hindered production.

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