The Conflicted Nature of Food Security Policy: Balancing Rice, Sugar and Palm Oil in Indonesia

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Table 1. Projected growth of the five priority food commodities for national self-sufficiency.

Commodity	Production in 2009 (million ton)	Target 2014 (million ton)	Average growth per year (%)
Rice	64.4	75.70	3,5
Corn	17.6	29.00	12.9
Soybean	0.97	2.70	35.4
Sugar	2.6	5.70	23.4
Beef	0.41	0.55	7.0

Source: OECD (2012, 135).

Table 2. Terms of trade index for farmers in North Sumatra.

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Average (%)
Net terms of trade for food crop cultivation	93.1	96.2	98.4	99.9	99.5	100.3	97
Net terms of trade for small holder oil palm cultivation	105.4	101.7	105.6	107.9	106.6	100.2	105

Source: BPS North Sumatra (2014, 48).

Figure 1. Division of land ownership (hectares) among farm households (percentage) in North Sumatra, in 2009. Source: BPS North Sumatra (2011).

Table 3. Rice planting index (number of crop cycles per year) in North Sumatra.

2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Average
1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6

Source: BPS North Sumatra (2014).

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