Indonesia's state food logistics company Bulog is conducting an in-depth study on a plan to acquire several rice producers in Cambodia to meet domestic rice demand.

Based on the estimated rice production data for 2023 from Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the country is predicted to experience a rice shortage for nine months, said Director of Food Supply and Price Stabilisation of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Maino Dwi Hartono.

The Indonesian State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has said that the national stock of subsidised rice will possibly run low next year.