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Indonesia turns to sorghum to expand food sources beyond rice and wheat

Sorghum businessman Novan Satrianto is optimistic that one day, sorghum would overtake wheat flour in Indonesia. PHOTO: SEDANA PANEN SEJAHTERA
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Indonesia is reintroducing the farming of sorghum, a popular staple food in the old days, as it seeks to expand its staple food sources beyond rice and wheat.

The rice-eating country is aiming to have 30,000ha of sorghum plantations by end-2023, and 40,000ha by 2024, from less than 10,000ha today.

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