AreaIndonesia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date28/04/2020

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionAnnounced that, in a bid to assist producers in planting during the 2020 dry crop cycle, it would provide 2.44 million farmers with a monthly assistance package of IDR 600 000 (USD 42) for three months, half of which would be in the form of a direct cash outlay and the balance in the form of agricultural inputs. In addition, it instructed various state entities to open new lands for paddy cultivation in wetlands and peatlands, stating that in Central Kalimantan some 900 000 hectares (ha) could be cultivated with paddy, 300 000 ha of which would be ready for planting.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 May 2020.