Beware of Declining Rice Production
Farmers have harvested 8.99 million hectares of paddy fields from January and September to yield 26.91 million tons of rice, according to data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS β Farmers have harvested 8.99 million hectares of paddy fields from January and September to yield 26.91 million tons of rice, according to data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS).
That figure is lower than the harvest area of 9.53 million hectares during the same period last year, which yielded 28.48 million tons of rice. The decline in the harvest area and production yield was due to a delay in the planting season, both the rendeng (primary) and the gadu (secondary) planting seasons, mainly caused by water shortages. The drought had also caused a decline in land productivity and harvest failures in some areas.