Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu i was thinking of pasturing dairy goats in the paddock between jaksa and sabang. That paddock, once a communal dump and makeshift vegetable garden/park - is now being developed into something distinctly non-paddock like, no?

 Originally Posted By: Dilli  Quote: i am thinking that this could be a good time to start investing in agricultural land In Jaksa? What grows there apart from ignorance, pestilence and doom? i was thinking of pasturing dairy goats in the paddock between jaksa and sabang.

 Quote: i am thinking that this could be a good time to start investing in agricultural land In Jaksa? What grows there apart from ignorance, pestilence and doom?

of course, the looming world grain crisis is good news for countries like australia. if they can overcome the effects of global warming. i am thinking that this could be a good time to start investing in agricultural land.

If the thought of food shortages (and unaffordability of food) had crossed the "powers that be" minds instead of dollars crossing their palms maybe they would reconsider the currents thoughts on exporting rice and rather keep the precious grain here for their own people at an affordable price.......... Grain prices worldwide have increased 30% recently and Egypt just made it a law to export rice so as to keep the prices down for the locals..........

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government`s food security program is facing various challenges, including the shrinkage of farm land due to development of residential areas, a minister said. "This is a logical consequence of population growth which requires housing as one of the basic needs," Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said in his address to the national food congress of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Saturday.