REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Amid global concerns about the food crisis and import dependency, Indonesia is recording an unusual achievement. The government's rice reserves have reached 4.8 million tons, the highest in history, a surge that is not just a statistic but a signal that the direction of national food policy is undergoing a major shift. Minister of Agriculture, Andi Amran Sulaiman, said that this achievement is the result of a series of strategic steps taken comprehensively, from upstream to downstream. He even asserted that the target for national food self-sufficiency, previously projected within four years, has now been accelerated to just one year. According to Amran, the foundation for this acceleration lies in policy and regulatory reforms. The government has trimmed hundreds of rules that were previously considered to be hampering food production and distribution. At least 16 strategic regulations in the form of Presidential Regulations and Presidential ...