Indonesia will miss its self-sufficiency target for corn despite an increase in the planted area, as demand for protein will rise and production faces challenges due to inadequate storage, drying facilities and infrastructure bottlenecks. Indonesia corn production is expected to reach 12 million mt for the 2018/19 season, more than a three-year high and up 500,000 mt on the year. But imports are expected to increase 100,000 mt to 600,000 mt over the same period, undermining the archipelago self sufficiency goals and forcing the government to abolish import restrictions. Continuous growth of the middle class will drive higher demand for protein sources in daily diets