BPTP Kepri Conducts Survey of Identification of Potential Location and Vegetable Export Development Opportunities in Batam City

Published 2020년 6월 2일

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The Riau Islands Province is focusing on the development of its agricultural potential across plantations, animal husbandry, horticulture, and food crops, with a particular emphasis on vegetables due to its strategic location near Singapore and Malaysia. Despite having a large population and significant production of vegetables like kale and long beans, there is a gap in meeting the demand, especially for chillies, leading to inflation. The province is looking to optimize vegetable centers in Batam City and Tanjung Pinang City to reduce inflation, increase income for farmers, and decrease reliance on imports. This is in line with the Minister of Agriculture's efforts to support the agricultural sector during the crisis. An inventory and identification of agricultural technology needs are being conducted at the vegetable centers in Batam City amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Daily Memo Kepri | Agriculture - Riau Islands Province implements the development of agricultural potential in various sub-sectors such as plantations, animal husbandry, horticulture and food crops. As an island province directly bordering Singapore and Malaysia, is a geographical advantage for the supply of food, especially export-based vegetables. itself is quite large, also has the potential to increase regional income and food security based on the islands. Based on BPS data in the fourth quarter of 2019 and January 2020 the main commodities contributing to inflation in Batam City and Tanjung Pinang City are large chillies, cayenne pepper, long beans and spinach. this is a potential in the development of vegetables to reduce inflation and have an impact on increasing income, especially vegetable farmers. The initial step that needs to be done is to optimize the vegetable centers in Batam City and partly in Tanjung Pinang City. atam apart from being supplied by Batam City ...

Source: HarianKepri