EXPANSION OF RICE FIELDS

Farmers spray insecticides on rice plants in one of the Ngawi rice hull areas, East Java, Thursday (10/8). The government through the Ministry of Agriculture seeks to conjoint the production of national rice by adding a rice plant from 500.000 hectares to a million hectares per month by encouraging various regions to add minimal agricultural land index to 2.5 percent of rice planting area. ANTARA PHOTO/Ari Bowo Holypto/aww/17.