Jakarta, July 13 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture encourages farmers to implement an integrated farming method to enable them to optimize the profitable uses of their farmland for supporting the government's efforts to make the country a food barn.

"In achieving Indonesia's food self-sufficiency, the ministry is very supportive for the farmers to implement the integrated farming method with zero waste," Director General of Food Crops at the Ministry of Agriculture Suwandi said in a statement here Sunday.

Suwandi explained the integrated farming method that enabled the farmers to cultivate their farmland for planting paddy, vegetable, and food crops, as well as raising chickens and breeding catfish and even cows during his visit...