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Domestic rice production expected to rise 3% next year: Minister
Indonesia’s rice output is estimated to reach 32 million tonnes in 2025, according to Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan.
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Number-one staple: Farmers plant rice in a paddy field at Lambaro in Aceh on June 28. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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ndonesia’s rice production is estimated to reach 32 million tonnes in 2025, Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan has said.
That figure would mark a three percent increase over the 31 million tonnes forecast for this year.
National rice stockpiling, according to the minister, has reached the highest level in five years, with 1.9 million to 2 million tonnes currently held in reserve and more than 6 million distributed so far this year.
“So we [stockpiled] more than 8 million [tonnes of rice],” he said after a meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman during a press conference in Jakarta on the same day stated that the ministry has targeted rice production of 32 million tonnes in 2025 as the government aims to stop importing the staple food.
“Thirty-two million tonnes in a year, yes. God willing, in 2025,” he said, as reported by Detik Finance.
Read also: Govt looks to import 1 million tonnes of rice early next year
