Megawati: Sad, Import Dependence More Extreme
At the moment, "said Megawati, Indonesia faced a serious threat on the matter of food scarcity. While the capacity of food production continued to decline sharply and followed an increase in imports.
"A condition that ensnare the people into dependency. According to the Research Institute for the study of Development of Economics of Finance (Indef), Indonesia will get back the rice import of 1.75 million tons, "said Megawati in celebration of the ANNIVERSARY of PDI Perjuangan in Jatiluhur Reservoir, Purwakarta, Thursday (10/1/2013).
Megawati said, if the rice import occurs, then Indonesia will be the second largest rice importer in the world. Not just rice, dependence on food imports have also very fantastic: soybeans (70%), salt (50%), beef (23%), and maize (11,23%)
"Which is more pathetic, the import dependency of increasingly extreme takes place in a situation where global food prices are a growing craze," said Megawati.
On the occasion, Megawati reminded, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (PACIFIC (UNESCAP)), based in Bangkok, said the poor weather in producing countries a sharp rise in food prices resulted in some type of food compared to a year ago.
"This tendency should not be taken lightly. A new UN study said high food prices has forced 19.4 million people in the Asia-Pacific region lived poor. Now we're dealing with these risks. It is not surprising if the addition dramatically REVISED portion for poverty reduction programme, the fruition precisely the opposite. Poverty remains entrenched with angkuhnya. As a nation, we should be looking at the whole history and imagination development Jatiluhur in order to find a way out of a number of the question above, "Megawati said.
(dnl/ang)
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