This leaves Indonesian policy-makers and consumers uneasy about the countiy’s vulnerability to international markets for these commodities and also uneasy about unforeseen events that may impact negatively on the countiy’s domestic food production capability. Transitory food insecurity is a concern for Indonesia not just because it is a net food importer, but also because possible international fuel price increases, macroeconomic shocks, plant and animal disease outbreaks and natural disasters all threaten the reliability of its food supplies. Over the three-year period 1990-1992, the average prevalence of undernourishment in Indonesia was 22.2% of the population, but by the 2011-13 period this measure had declined to 9.1% (FAO, 2013).