Source: BNEWS.VN
According to Indonesian Food Coordination Minister Zulkifli Hasan, the government is considering importing wheat to make animal feed instead of corn.
However, the purchase of wheat is only done when the domestic corn supply does not meet the needs. Then wheat will be an alternative to make animal feed, because of affordable price.
According to the data of the Indonesian Statistics Office, the country has imported maize for many years, with a volume of 1.3-1.4 million tons from 2019-2023, and seeking to maintain affordable prices for farmers. Chicken raising people.
In 2024, the Government decided to cut the import quota of maize, salt and sugar to promote domestic production and gradually towards the goal of self -sufficiency. Import quotas for these three items will be much lower than the expected needs of domestic industries, to encourage these industries to use more domestic input materials.
Indonesia’s total corn production of Indonesia is expected to reach 16.7 million tons, larger than domestic demand of 13 million tons. The Indonesian Statistical Agency (BPS) estimates that corn production increased to 15.2 tons in 2024, from 14.7 tons of 2023.
Earlier, President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia not only pursued the goal of self -sufficient rice, but also provided itself for all other food items in the future. In addition to rice, Indonesia has become very dependent on importing some other items, especially sugar, garlic, soybean and wheat. Previously, the country had self -sufficient itself, sugar and garlic until the end of the 1990s.
