Indonesia: Increase sugar cane protas towards national sugar self-sufficiency

Published 2023년 5월 10일

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Indonesia is taking steps to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar consumption by 2028, as reported. This includes increasing production, productivity, and quality of cane/sugar, identifying new land for sugar cane planting, revitalizing sugar factories, and improving partnerships between sugar mills and farmers. The Ministry is also exploring the production of non-cane sugar from stevia and palm sugar. In 2022, Indonesia saw an increase in sugar production and milled sugar cane area and productivity, despite lower yields. There is plans to start the 2023 milling season in May – June 2023, with 59 active sugar factories. The Agrosolutions Program by PT Pupuk Kaltim is expected to meet the fertilizer needs of sugar cane farmers, contributing to increased production and productivity.

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Yogyakarta (AGRINA-ONLINE.COM) - To achieve self-sufficiency in sugar consumption in 2028, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Directorate General of Plantations continues to increase production, productivity and quality of cane/sugar in Indonesia. On the other hand, looking at the weather conditions in May 2023, there will be residual impacts from La Nina that must be watched out for immediately. Secretary of the Directorate General of Plantations, Heru Tri Widarto conveyed, the Ministry of Agriculture's strategy to increase cane sugar production was carried out through identifying the suitability of new land for planting sugar cane, utilizing abandoned HGU land, revitalizing sugar factories, investing in new sugar factories, and improving the partnership pattern between sugar mills and sugarcane farmer. The Ministry of Agriculture also has an alternative strategy in realizing self-sufficiency in sugar through the development of non-cane sugar, namely from ...

Source: Agrina