In recent years, Indonesia has seen an opposite trend between rice supply and demand. It is predicted that rice consumption is likely to increase along with the growing population, yet rice production has declined. On top of that, the domestic rice distribution system's inefficiencies are...

This paper highlights shows how differing methods of data collection from various government bodies have led to an erroneous overestimations in Indonesia's domestic rice supplies. The data, which is used in the decision making process for food policies, have impacted how much consumers pay for...