Indonesia to release new rice growing land

Updated May 14, 2008 10:34:58

Indonesia has revealed plans to set aside 10 thousand square kilometres of land to grow more rice as countries in southeast Asia scramble to avoid a shortage of the food staple.

Presenter: Nasya Bahfen
Speaker: HS Dillon, head of Indonesia's Partnership For Governance Reform and one time agricultural policy advisor

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