Indonesia, Jan. 15 -- Indonesia's Agriculture Ministry has begun rehabilitating and replanting rice fields damaged by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, aiming to restore food output, protect farmers' incomes and ensure timely planting.

"Now is the time to rehabilitate rice fields, irrigation and supporting facilities," Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said during an inspection in Pinto Makmur Village, North Aceh, on Thursday.

Sulaiman said reports showed damage across the three provinces totaled about 100,000 hectares, and the government would address all affected areas to restore agricultural productivity as quickly as possible.

He said the government had entered a rehabilitation phase covering ric...