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        "id": 1051021,
        "msgid": "food-security-1447899208",
        "date": "1996-10-25 00:00:00",
        "title": "Food security",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Food security I wish to congratulate The Jakarta Post on their well-balanced and realistic editorial on the subject of securing sufficient food, especially rice, for the ever-growing population of this nation. At the same time, I would like to add some other thoughts and remarks to this. It is right that Indonesia achieved self- sufficiency in rice in 1984, and was able to maintain it for some years as well.",
        "content": "<p>Food security<\/p>\n<p>I wish to congratulate The Jakarta Post on their well-balanced<br>\nand realistic editorial on the subject of securing sufficient<br>\nfood, especially rice, for the ever-growing population of this<br>\nnation.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, I would like to add some other thoughts and<br>\nremarks to this. It is right that Indonesia achieved self-<br>\nsufficiency in rice in 1984, and was able to maintain it for some<br>\nyears as well. Due to the adverse climatic conditions on the one<br>\nhand, but also due to the conversion of agricultural land into<br>\nhousing and industrial land, this self-sufficiency was lost again<br>\na few years ago. Indonesia became the second biggest importer of<br>\nrice after China, although this also includes political<br>\nimportations.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, it is quite plausible that new areas, like<br>\nthe swamp land in Kalimantan, will be converted into rice<br>\nplantations. However, again, things are not as positive as they<br>\nmight appear. First of all, from an environmental point of view,<br>\nthe conversion idea is still being debated, by government circles<br>\nin particular. Secondly, it has yet to be proven that this<br>\nconversion, given that a certain type of land is required for<br>\npeat land, will really be a success. Many experts argue that the<br>\nland's humus will float on the water and be washed away in two<br>\nyears at the latest, leaving only barren land.<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the Ministry of Agriculture to gradually phase<br>\nout of the market 57 of the most important and internationally<br>\nused and registered crop protection products, which make up 40<br>\npercent of the Indonesian insecticide market (although they were<br>\nnot meant for use in rice farming) might add to the self-<br>\nsufficiency problems that already exist, i.e. for vegetables and<br>\nfruits, which also are an important part of the national diet.<\/p>\n<p>A side effect of that decision will also be the probable price<br>\nincrease for the remaining products on the market, which the<br>\nfarmer and, subsequently, the consumer -- the people of Indonesia<br>\n-- have to bear.<\/p>\n<p>ROLAND WOEHRLE<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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