Ministry of Agriculture encourages brown sugar development in Indonesia

Published 2022년 3월 20일

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The Agricultural Human Resources Extension and Development Agency (BPPSDMP) of Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture is promoting the production of brown sugar in an effort to reduce the country's reliance on granulated sugar. The ministry is encouraging the cultivation of palm trees, which can be used for palm sugar production. The balance of sugar consumption in Indonesia is currently experiencing a deficit of around 600 thousand tons. The agency is working on a plan to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar by 2023 through extensive and intensive cultivation, and by adding new farming areas.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DEPOK -- The Agricultural Human Resources Extension and Development Agency (BPPSDMP) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) encourages the development of brown sugar to reduce dependence on granulated sugar. "I invite all of my brothers and sisters now to diversify white sugar into palm sugar. We can produce as much brown sugar as possible," said Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's BPPSDMP Dedi Nursyamsi Dedi Nursaymsi in his statement, Saturday (19/3/2022), at the Minister of Agriculture Greet Farmers. and Extension Officers (MSPP) to Reduce Dependence on Sugar Imports. According to him, the potential for domestic sugar development is extraordinary, which is indicated by Indonesia being the largest sugar exporter in the colonial era. "We are an archipelagic country. We are a country with the longest coastline in the world because the islands are more than 17,000. This means that coconut grows everywhere and it is our source of sugar," explained Dedi. Not ...

Source: Republika