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Indonesia Corn and other Food Crops
Although rice was by far the most important food crop,
corn was
the major source of calories for about 18 million people,
especially in Jawa Timur and Jawa Tengah provinces. About
75
percent of corn production was consumed as a staple food
source.
Corn cultivation was concentrated on Java and Madura under
a
variety of conditions, but most frequently on
tegalan, or
rain-fed land without the system of dikes characteristic
of
floodable sawah. Other food crops included cassava,
sweet
potatoes, peanuts, and soybeans.
Data as of November 1992
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