self-sufficiency remains a central policy objective, and
relatively few major reform initiatives have so far been made in the
agricultural and food processing industries. The pricing and marketing of
strategic crops such as rice, sugar and soybeans are controlled by the
Government through the National Logistic Affairs Bureau (BULOG¾. Input
subsidies on fertilizers, irrigation facilities, seed and, until recently,
pesticides are also granted to promote self-sufficiency. Farmers, like
other users, receive petroleum products at subsidized prices.