The Rice Market and its Management in Indonesia

Summary This article proyides a brief overview of trends and policies underlying the Indonesian ‘success story’ of rice production in the 1970s and 1980s. It examines key issues of future policy emerging towards the end of the 1980s. It suggests policy adjustments required for Indonesia broadly to maintain rice self?sufficiency, at stable real rice prices, while reducing the government budgetary costs of rice market interventions.