Targets of production area were decreed to ensure that each state/division was self-sufficient in rice, and farmers were forced to cultivate rice in designated areas, especially those with irrigation, as a condition to access land and inputs. The MAPT used the rice obtained under compulsory procurement to supply low-income groups, government employees and military personnel, and to maintain buffer stocks (UNDP, 2004). Well aware of the economic importance and the role of rubber as an exportable crop and an industrial raw material for local manufacturing industries, rubber became one of the major crops promoted by the MPCE. Following the creation of the MSE, from 1995 to 2008, sugarcane area tripled and production more than tripled from 3.2 million to 9.9 million MT.