Rice and Foot loose Food Sources: Wheat; Padi dan Sumber Makanan bergantung: Gandum

Rice and Foot loose Food Sources: Wheat; Padi dan Sumber Makanan bergantung: Gandum

RICE, SINGLE STAPLE FOOD?
No...Wheat flour, too..!

Riza V. Tjahjadi

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2008 Food Crisis, globally? No, Self-sufficiency

Organic rice..? Not found

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY..?
139,15 kg per capita per year (BPS, 12 Jan 2011)
more than 133 kilograms per capita per year the average yield of 4.4 tons per hectare must rise to more than 6 tons per hectare: IRRI.

Import permit 2011 = 1.500.000 tons


Self-sufficiency Ratio (%)
2009 = 109.35
2008 = 103.73
2007 = 99.54
2006 = 96.05
2005 = 96.75




FOOT LOOSE FOOD SOURCES

instant noodles per capita consumption
63 packets a year (2008)
43 packets a year (2000)


Total wheat flour consumption 2009 = 4.300.000 tons

Wheat grains import 2010 = 5.850.000 tons

Wheat flour export
2009= 16,000 tons; 2010 (1st semester)= 15,000 tons

National Trend Wheat flour Consumption per Capita 1992-2008
1992= 9.9 Kg; 2008= 14.5 Kg


Overall, both imported wheat grain and national wheat flour industries can be classified as foot-loose-industry which highly dependent to importing raw materials, in turn, it has spent of the national income (…) In addition a calculation made by Husein Sawit that the existing of national food policy has caused relatively high-degree of cross elasticity of between importing rice and wheat. That is 0.6. Meaning the increasing price to 10% of rice will caused soaring demand to wheat flour for about 6%. However, it is not clear whether such calculation is cummulative to both wheat grain and wheat flour. (Tjahjadi, 2002).




Sources
Antara, 15/08/2008: Presiden RI : Tahun Ini Indonesia Swasembada Beras (President of the Republic of Indonesia: This Year will be Rice Self sufficiency).

Dataconsult, 2009: Instant Noodles Industry in Sharp Competition. ICN, June 2009.

detikFinance,Rabu, 08/09/2010 09:47 WIB: Ekspor Terigu 2010 Bakal Naik 100% (Wheat flour Exports Will Rise 100% in 2010)

detikFinance, Senin, 24/01/2011 15:38 WIB: Impor Gandum RI Hampir 6 Juta Ton (Wheat grains Import RI Nearly 6 Million Tons).

Kementerian Keuangan 2010: Nota Keuangan dan RAPBN 2011 (Financial Note and a Draft the State Budget 2011).

Republika Rabu, 12 Januari 2011, 13:42 WIB: BPS: Jika Dihitung, Indonesia Surplus Beras 4 Juta Ton…Tapi Kemana? (Statistic Central Agency: If Calculated, Indonesia 4 Million Tons of Rice Surplus ... But Where?)

Republika Kamis, 13 Januari 2011, 10:46 WIB: Bulog Dapat Izin Impor 1,5 Juta Ton Beras (Bulog got Import Permits 1.5 Million Tons of Rice).

Riza VT, 2002: Fighting Product Against Wheat Dumping by Foot-loose-industries in Indonesia. More Import Wheat when rice short fall. PAN Indonesia. Jakarta 6 June 2002.

Welirang, F. 2009: Peran APTINDO dalam Mendukung Pengembangan Gandum di Indonesia (The Role of APTINDO in supporting the development of Wheat in Indonesia). Semarang. 24 Maret 2009.






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