Indonesia is one of Australia's biggest customers for wheat, red meat and live cattle but new president Prabowo Subianto wants the nation to be food self-sufficient within five years.
One analyst feels President Prabowo will be "pro-trade" and says there will be opportunities for Australian agriculture despite the self-sufficiency target.Australia's agricultural sector will be keeping an eye on Indonesia and its new president, Prabowo Subianto, who surged to power with a number of food policies such as giving schoolchildren free meals and milk.
"In terms of self-sufficiency, it's very ambitious and it's been talked about and trialled by a number of presidents and ministers of agriculture before. "I believe Dairy Australia has started to engage and Austrade are bringing some investors down in December," Mr Pankhurst said.Opportunities for partnerships
"I think will be very pro-trade … and he's very interested in food and how Indonesia can develop self-sustainability and even become an exporter," Mr Taylor said.
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