Employers Union, was quoted by the Jakarta Post: “The import of agricul¬tural products such as rice…has affected millions of farmers and companies in Indonesia, and we are now facing a disaster because the value of imports is higher than that of exports” (Jakarta Post, 10/13/2011). Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has advocated reduced rice consumption in Indonesia as a way to achieve self-sufficiency (Jakarta Post, 12/14/2011). Rusman Heriawan, Deputy Agriculture Minister, spoke of his Government’s target to produce a 10-million ton surplus of rice in Indonesia by 2014 (Jakarta Post, 12/13/2011).