This style of food import dependency report: sniper

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Sindonews.com -Agricultural Observer, Ahmad said, Jacob there are three things that must be addressed the Government of Indonesia is related to the food problem, so as not to depend on imports and achieve self-sufficiency in food.

He explained, the first is related to the land. Currently, much of the agricultural land converted to wetlands non foodstuff, such as used for infrastructure, forestry, housing, and other development.

"In Indonesia it happened to land conversion. Based on data from the national land Agency (BPN) and the Ministry of agriculture (Kementan) there are about 150 thousand hectares (ha) of farmland were converted into non agricultural land per year, "he said when contacted Sindonews, Saturday (23/3/2013).

According to him, if the land is converted to rice fields, then the results will be great. In the unlikely event of the year to harvest two times, then the area of cultivation occurring around 300 thousand ha. "Well, if you can planting five once tons per ha, means there are about 1.5 million tonnes per annum of 300 thousand ha of rice," he said.

Second, he continued, with the production of bekaitan. Where the availability of seed and fertilizer both organic and non organic fertilizers less timely. In addition, the technology used for the production of farmers not to grow since the first.

"It's all because we fail to understand that Indonesia is a small scale agriculture and family-based. So, don't be introduced with technology such as planting machine in another country that cost billions of dollars, the baseball sense. Technology that allows for us is the collective or community, "explained him.

Third, related to the existence of clear rules of Commerce. Ahmad menuturka, the farmer will become the first victim if the price comes down distinctly. This is because there are no incentives from the Government. "If it is, it does not reach all farmers," he said.

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Permission can import and Commerce: report: smuggling at the border

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Sindonews.com -Chamber of Commerce and industry (Kadin) Indonesia confirms, that border areas need support presidential Regulation (Pepres) specifically regulating the consumption needs of fulfillment in the area.

The consumption needs, among other things, LPG gas, sugar rice, cooking oil, and more. Deputy Chairman of The Economic Development and commerce the field borders, Endang Kesumayadi said, for this price disparity and the border area is very much different, so many smuggled goods komsumsi tendencies.

In fact, he continued, if managed properly from becoming legal then illegal will result in import taxes. "While this is still going on potential lost less than Rp1 trillion per year, this is very unfortunate," he said in the affidavits to Sindonews, Thursday (7/3/2013).

According to him, the potential lost will not occur if the Government could regulate commerce that more clear to the area. The distribution of basic commodities from Indonesia could not be absorbed properly up to the border area. This has resulted in the prices of Staples soar up to several orders of magnitude when compared to prices in the island of Java.

At present, he continued, a white crystalline sugar prices could reach Rp22 thousand per kilogram (kg). Meanwhile, the price of LPG gas could reach up to Rp200 Rp120 thousand thousand.

"If businessmen could facilitated area to do an import, it will be able to address the problem of smuggling the staple ingredients of the neighboring countries whose price could be cheaper," he explained.

Endang said, such problems would continue if the Government actually let. Therefore, it proposed that the Government could impose import rules are clear, so that smuggling could have been avoided and made things that were previously illegal become legal. "If it could be like that, thus there is the enactment of tax revenue with it," he said.

It assesses, Ministry, Ministry of agriculture, Peragangan and Kemenko economy, still inhibit the consumption needs of the border. The third Ministry needs to submit the regulation of consumption needs legowo communities border the BNPP (National Border Management Agency).

"Experience during the third Ministry were less flexible giving rise to an impression difficult bureaucracy and tend to throw each other the responsibility to serve the needs of the Community consumption.

"If all can not heed and tangent, then submit it to the authority which also authorized and focus to it," stated Endang.

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