Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 01/09/2011
The government has prepared two million hectares of land to bolster the nation’s food security progam in the face of extreme weather and skyrocketing food prices.
Agriculture Minister Suswono said on Saturday that the land would located be outside Java Island, in Marauke, Papua.
“Out of two million hectares, one million hectares will be for paddy fields, while the rest will be for sugarcane and soy beans,” Suswono said.
The program would also used land from the Forestry Ministry as well as abandoned land designated by the National Land Agency (BPS).
The government would also provide 1,000 drying machines to farmers under the program.
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