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JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The ministry of agriculture estimated that Indonesia would again become self-sufficient in rice in 2005 like it was in 1984 and 2004 with a production of 53.98 million tons of dried unhulled rice.
Secretary of the Directorate General of Food Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture Sutarto Ali Muso said in Jakarta on Monday that although this year's rice production declined by 103,878 tons or 0.19 per cent compared to last year's, the rice supply was adequate to meet domestic rice consumption, and there was even a surplus.
"Therefore we are optimistic that Indonesia will again become self-sufficient in rice in 2005," he said.
Sutarto added that the decline in the national rice production in 2005 was caused by natural phenomena like the tsunami, drought and a shift in the second planting season in several provinces in 2005.
He said rice production declined in Aceh, North Sumatera, Riau, West Java, Central Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and Central Kalimantan.
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Source: HighBeam Research, INDONESIA TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN RICE THIS YEAR.