Bali farmers loss land

Bali farmers loss land

JAKARTA (JP): An average of 1,000 hectares of farmlands in
Bali are transferred for the use of other functions annually,
Bali's provincial legislative council says.

Ida Bagus Sudiksa of the Golkar faction in the council said
that the expansion of towns in the province and the construction
of new housing and tourism projects are the main users of the
farmlands, Antara reported on Saturday.

As a result, Dewa Gde Oka of the Armed Forces faction said,
Bali for the first time had to import rice. It had to import
10,000 tons of rice from Pakistan last year.(rid)