date:Mar 06, 2014
ming five years, placing it among the top three wheat importers in the world.
Indonesia is traditionally a rice-consuming country, said Rabobank analyst Pawan Kumar. However, in the last two decades, the importance of wheat as an important staple has grown, driven by the rising middle class, the westernisation of diets, economic growth and the desire for convenience. At the same time, the country has struggled to maintain rice self-sufficiency due to constraints on acreage expansion, lack of qu