Pyongyang, December 10 (KCNA) -- The Indonesian agriculture ministry is seeking for 500,000 hectares of land to boost soybean production up to the self sufficiency level of 2.2 million tons per year from last year's 907,030 tons per year, the minister said on Tuesday.

Indonesia's soybean production was forecast to decrease by 36,960 tons to 870,070 tons this year, the Statistic Bureau of this country announced.