Indonesia upbeat on rice output despite floods

Floods and landslides on Java island, which accounts for more than half of Indonesia's rice production, have killed more than 100 people and displaced 60,000 in the past two weeks.
Floods have destroyed 43,000 hectares of rice fields across the country, but this represents less than 1 percent of the total planted rice areas of 12.24 million ha, Apriyantono was quoted by Reuters as saying.
"It won't disrupt our food security," Apriyantono said, adding that production would only be hit if more than 200,000 ha of rice fields are destroyed by floods.
He said the government would provide new rice seeds for farmers in flood-hit areas so that they can replant their crops once the water has receded.