Agricultural land resource allocation to develop food crop commodities: lesson from Indonesia.
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SUBMITTER: Nasikh
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287237 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
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Agricultural land resource allocation to develop food crop commodities: lesson from Indonesia.
Nasikh Kamaludin Mahirah M Narmaditya Bagus Shandy BS Wibowo Agus A Febrianto Indra I
Heliyon 20210708 7
This study estimates agricultural land resource allocation to develop food-crop commodities in order to safeguard food security in Indonesia in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The recommended commodities to be developed in Indonesia are corn, soybean, mungbean, peanut, and rice that are produced with advanced technology and input-output coefficient. There are five introduced scenarios namely, basic scenario, I, II, III, and IV. There are problems related to resource allocation such as li ...[more]
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