In Indonesia the lower production of key crops this year coupled with a global rice shortage could threaten food security and boost prices. Indonesia's rice production is forecast to slide 1.63 percent, dropping 1.08 million tons to 65.39 million tons this year over declines in farmland area and productivity, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced on Tuesday. "This is affecting our food security. Moreover, external developments are uncontrollable, for instance [flooding in] Thailand affects food supply not only for Indonesia but for the international market," said Latif Adam, an economist at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Read more ...
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