Ministry of Agriculture encourages modern germination of stevia plants in Minahasa, Indonesia

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANADO -- The Director of Processing and Marketing of Plantation Products, Dedi Junaedi, said the Ministry of Agriculture would encourage modern germination of the Stevia plant in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi Province. "In our policy, we have to encourage seeds, this is one of our concerns to make plantations and we encourage them to become modern seeds here, especially since they have extraordinary potential," said Dedi in Minahasa Regency, last Tuesday (28/9). He also hopes to build synergy in developing this commodity with the partnership pattern of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sam Ratulangi University (academics), business actors, the community and the government from the central, provincial, district to village and sub-district levels. "We also hope that there will be assistance from the relevant agencies, because that's where the government's role is to mediate, overseeing that partnerships, profitable farmers, profitable entrepreneurs will work, we the ...