Indonesia Aims for Self-Sufficiency, Enters Agreement with IRRI
April 4, 2007| |
The Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), and other agencies of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, signed a three-year agreement with the Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to help boost rice production in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian nation aims to produce an additional 2 million tons of rice in 2007 and must attain a 5 percent growth in national rice production each year, to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production.
The new agreement between Indonesia and IRRI focuses on three key areas: support for the Indonesian government’s Rice Production Increase Program, collaborative research, and human resource development. Support efforts will include 1) the development of improved rice varieties with high yield potential, grain quality, and resistance to pests, 2) the development of a national strategy and framework for hybrid rice, and 3) the development of improved rice varieties that can tolerate submergence, drought, and low-temperature in high-elevation areas.
Read the news release at http://www.cgiar.org/newsroom/releases/news.asp?idnews=557.
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