# From Dining Tables to the Sky: The Environmental Cost of Indonesia’s Food Self-Sufficiency

https://mins.news/en/video/87502

- Lianhe Zaobao, 2026-10-06 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJNYfnq0mw4

> Indonesia’s drive for food self-sufficiency and zero rice imports has come with a heavy environmental price linked to land burning, development and agricultural expansion. Intensifying El Niño-related drought has fueled widespread fires, ecological damage, cross-border haze and a public-health crisis. The podcast examines why the problem persists and how ASEAN countries might cooperate against the haze.

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