Rice is the major staple food for most of the indonesian people. the most striking impact of research over the past year is its contribution to change in indonesia's rice production from the world largest importer of the major stample food to self-sufficiency. increasing availability of seed of new varieties,fertilizers,and practicides as well as favorable pricing policies ,encouraged farmer to intensify their rice fields.
Indonesian farmer often prefer to grow rice with good eating quality, then select varieties for others characteristics such as high yield ,early maturity,and resistance to certain pests and diseases. therefore,only few varieties are grow widely by farmers.
Increased production of palawija crop-food crops other rice that include corn ,soybeans , peanuts, mung beans, cassava, and sweet potatoes have been given higher priority. one of the goals of the agricultural development is to continue to obtain sufficient rice production , but at the same time subtantially raise reducing of other crops to provide a more balanced diet for indonesians and reduce costly imports . in addition ,these crops play an important role as animal feed and materials for industries.
The goverment hopes to reach self -sufficiency in these crops ,especially corn and soybeans through intensification ,extensification and diversification programmes. prodution of corn and soybeans has begun to climb. peanuts have shown a small increase but prodution of cassava and sweet potatoes has changed very little over the past years due mainly to marketing problems,
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