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)