Jakarta, Sept. 4 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman reaffirmed the government's commitment to continuing to build a healthy food ecosystem by making improvements from upstream to downstream to ensure strong and sustainable food security.

"We are making improvements. We particularly want to make the food ecosystem healthy," he said in a statement here on Thursday.

According to him, several aspects of production have been improved, from the provision of subsidized fertilizers, seeds, and agricultural machines to the improvement of irrigation systems that are targeted to be completed by next year.

He noted that the rice field development, increasing paddy production, and realizing a more integrated distribution are essential part...