The Indonesian Minister of Agriculture says Sragen peanuts can enter export market

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SRAGEN -- The Indonesian Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, carried out harvesting and downstreaming of peanuts in Bendungan Village, Kedawung District, Sragen Regency, Central Java, last Monday (10/1/2022). Peanuts as a local product are considered to have strategic economic value to penetrate the export market. Sragen has 3,232 hectares of peanut harvested area spread over 12 sub-districts. With productivity reaching 4.5 tons per hectare, the total production of peanuts in a year reaches 14,544 tons. Peanuts are the fourth largest commodity in Sragen after rice, corn and sugar cane. The Minister of Agriculture said that Sragen is one of the mainstay areas in Indonesia for agricultural acceleration. He hopes that Sragen will become a pilot area for peanut cultivation up to downstream. The Minister of Agriculture emphasized that the Ministry of Agriculture together with the regional government would seek to increase peanut production and ensure price ...