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Indonesia embarks on plan to cultivate rice in peat areas
It aims to boost food yield by transforming forest fire-prone land in Central Kalimantan
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The aim is to increase food production amid fears of a looming global food crisis.
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Linda Yulisman Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta, Linda Yulisman
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The Indonesian government is embarking on an ambitious but controversial plan to convert highly combustible peat areas, which are prone to the forest fires that cause haze, in Central Kalimantan to paddy fields.
The aim is to increase food production in the world's fourth most populous nation, of 270 million, amid fears of a looming global food crisis.
