Indonesia's rice and corn production decline
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Last Update: 2001-11-22
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Introduction: AOL, Nov 21, Indonesia's declining agricultural income and planting area lead to a decline in rice, corn and soybean production Indonesia's Agricultural Statistics Bureau forecasts that the country's rice production will decline to 50.09 million tons, compared with 51.89 million tons in 2000 Rice yield per hectare is likely to decrease from 4.4 tons per hectare last year to 4.39 tons per hectare, and planting area from 11.793 million hectares in 2000 to 11.412 million hectares Indonesia's corn production is also expected to decline, possibly from 9.68 million tons last year to 9.12 million tons in 2001 Corn acreage also fell to 3.3 million hectares from 3.5 million hectares last year Many of the planted areas became homesteads Similarly, the decline in farm income led to a decline in soybean production because farmers were not able to provide enough fertilizer Indonesia's soybean production is expected to decline to 862592 tons from 1.02 million tons last year In 2001, the official forecast for soybean yield per unit area is 1.1 tons per hectare, down from 1.23 tons per hectare last year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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