Increasing export demand, porang success becomes primadonna in Indonesia

Published 2021년 2월 27일

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Porang plants, formerly a wild plant, have gained popularity among farmers since 2019 due to their benefits and potential for export. The General Chairman of Porang Nusantara, Ngakib Al-Ghozali, has highlighted the plant's potential, particularly in Japan where it was previously used to feed troops. The history of Japan's colonization of Indonesia in 1943, seeking konjac or porang as a staple food instead of rice or wheat, underscores its importance. Ngakib emphasized that the plant has been overlooked for centuries despite its potential.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Porang plants are strategic to be developed apart from being rich in benefits, this plant also has a large enough opportunity to be exported. Since 2019, the porang, who used to be a wild plant, has started to become the prima donna of farmers. "Porang has become the prima donna and InsyahAllah will continue to be the prima donna considering that these are the basic needs and needs of the industry," said General Chairman of Porang Nusantara (P3N) Activating Farmers, Ngakib Al-Ghozali, Saturday (27/2). Ngakib added that in Japan, porang is used to feed hundreds of thousands of troops who are fighting in almost all mainland Asia such as Korea, China etc. In 1943, Japan came to colonize this country not to look for spices like the Europeans but to find their main food, namely konjac or porang instead of rice or wheat. ...
Source: Republika

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