Threats to Indonesia's Current Rice Crop
Event details
Indonesia Study Group
Date & time
Wednesday 27 April 2011
12.30pm–2.00pm
Venue
Seminar Room B, Coombs Building, Fellows Road, ANU
Speaker
James Fox (RMAP, ANU)
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In November, 1986, in response to serious pest infestation that threatened 70% of Java’s rice, President Soeharto issued a directive (Inpres 3/1986) that put into place a set of practices that provided Indonesia with relative food security and continuing high production for nearly a quarter century. These practices have been gradually undermined and similar pest problems to those of the mid-1980s have begun to recur. This presentation looks at previous pest infestations and compares them with the current situation and prospects for the future.
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