Indonesia will need around 125,000 tonnes of seed per harvest for the total area dedicated to potato production of 80.000 hectares i.e. 1.5 tonnes per hectare. The Government of Japan through OECF will continue to establish another 6 similar projects in other provinces i.e. Central Java, East Java, Jambi, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, and West Sumatra. The total acreage of potato farms in Indonesia is around 70,000 hectares spread out in Java, West Sumatra, North Sumatra, and Sulawesi. National production is currently around 2.02 million tonnes per year. The long dry season in 1997 resulted in a 3.88 percent drop in production and failure to meet an initial 2.47 million tonnes target.
Local farmers do use their own seeds albeit of low quality.
The average yield of low quality local seed is 17 tonnes per hectare, while imported quality seed will yield 30-35 tonnes per hectare. Indonesia still imports quality seeds from Holland, Germany, Canada, Australia, the USA and UK through Singapore agents, but no official figures are available. They supply local growers with good quality seeds and guarantee purchase of the harvest. PT Indofood will need 3,000,000 tubers per month. Prices are, however set by PT Indofood.