Jakarta, Oct. 9 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman emphasized the Indonesian government's commitment to realizing food and energy self-sufficiency on each island in the country.

At the Presidential Palace complex here on Thursday, he underlined that steps toward energy self-sufficiency are one of the government's focuses. They include the making of ethanol using local raw materials like cassava.

As for food self-sufficiency, he noted that Kalimantan, which previously relied on rice supplies from Java and South Sulawesi, has currently achieved self-sufficiency.

This, according to him, is evidence that the self-sufficiency strategy adopted on the island is effective, thereby able to maintain price stability.

The minister furthe...