Indonesia touts 'victory' in achieving rice self-sufficiency
The Peninsula
Karawang, Indonesia: President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday that Indonesia s rice production met all domestic demand, hailing a landmark achieve...
Karawang, Indonesia: President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday that Indonesia's rice production met all domestic demand, hailing a landmark achievement for food security -- one of his key campaign promises.
In a speech to farmers in Karawang, east of the capital Jakarta, Prabowo celebrated an "important victory" in achieving rice self-sufficiency within just over a year since he entered office in October 2024.
"No nation is truly free if food is not available to its people. A nation cannot be independent if its food supply depends on other countries," he said.
Indonesia last achieved rice self-sufficiency in 2008, and before that in the mid-1980s.
Rice is a staple food in the Southeast Asian nation of 286 million people.
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