China has agreed to help Indonesia escape the curse of rice imports

Published Apr 22, 2024

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Indonesia is embarking on a mission to achieve rice self-sufficiency by entering into a technology transfer partnership with China. Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, announced the collaboration, which will see China sharing its advanced rice breeding technology with Indonesia. This initiative, set to be piloted in Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan, aims to boost Indonesia's rice production to a level where the country no longer needs to rely on imports. This move is seen as crucial for addressing Indonesia's perennial rice shortages and improving its food security.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Indonesia regularly imports rice in large quantities every year. Imports are carried out if the domestic rice stock is sufficient due to high demand and rice production often experiences problems every year. This is the concern of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Luhut said he had a strategy so that Indonesia could become self-sufficient in rice and no longer need to import it. The way to do this is by involving the Bamboo Curtain Country, China. At the 4th High-Level Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism (HDCM) meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi some time ago, Luhut asked China to carry out a transfer of technology, especially regarding rice breeding. China is currently one of the countries with quite large rice production because its rice is very productive. "In my opinion, the results are extraordinary, directly touching the things that we really need, the first is about rice, so I have ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia