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RI PROJECTED TO ENJOY 3.8-MLN-TON RICE PRODUCTION SURPLUS
Jakarta, Jan. 10 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is projected to enjoy a rice production surplus of 3.8 million tons in 2009 or 5.37 percent more than last year, a senior agriculture ministry official said.
The country was this year expected to produce a total of 63.52 million tons of dried unhulled paddy, the equivalent of 35.9 million tons of rice, Sutarto Alimoeso, the ministry's director general of food crops, said here on Friday.
"With domestic rice demand this year to stand at 32.1 million tons, the expected production figure means there will be a surplus of 3.8 million tons," he said.
Meanwhile, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) the country's dried unhulled paddy production in 2008 was around 60.26 million tons.
The government has expressed optimism that this year's rice production target will be achieved thanks to favorable climate conditions and a 0.3-percent expansion in the overall rice farming area.
Agriculture ministry data showed that during the last rice farmers' planting season (October-December 2008), paddy was planted on a total area of 4.64 million hectares compared to 4.62 million hectares in the planting season nn 2007 and 3.39 million hectares in 2006.
The country was this year expected to produce a total of 63.52 million tons of dried unhulled paddy, the equivalent of 35.9 million tons of rice, Sutarto Alimoeso, the ministry's director general of food crops, said here on Friday.
"With domestic rice demand this year to stand at 32.1 million tons, the expected production figure means there will be a surplus of 3.8 million tons," he said.
Meanwhile, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) the country's dried unhulled paddy production in 2008 was around 60.26 million tons.
The government has expressed optimism that this year's rice production target will be achieved thanks to favorable climate conditions and a 0.3-percent expansion in the overall rice farming area.
Agriculture ministry data showed that during the last rice farmers' planting season (October-December 2008), paddy was planted on a total area of 4.64 million hectares compared to 4.62 million hectares in the planting season nn 2007 and 3.39 million hectares in 2006.
