Further research activities on this portal have been suspended due to
shifting priorities within HPCR. Since the current database contains
valuable information for practitioners, HPCR intends to keep this portal
available in its current state.
The food situation in Indonesia began to deteriorate in the 1990s. A severe drought in 1994 as well as the
El Nino-induced droughts in 1997 and 1998 - the most severe droughts in 50 years - drastically reduced food crop production
such as rice, coffee and cocoa. As a result, rice imports rose from 2 million tons in 1997 to 6 million tons in 1998/1999.
