Indonesian President Jokowi encourages export-ready porang industry

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MADIUN -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reviewed the downstream porang processing industry as well as held a groundbreaking for factory expansion and dialogue with farmers. Through this effort, it is hoped that in the future the increase in the competitiveness of porang and its derivatives can be pushed forward so as to provide added value, absorb labor and improve the welfare of farmers. "Today I came to Madiun Regency to see the porang processing plant of PT Asian Prima Konjac, which in my opinion, from the existing processing of PT Asia Prima, provides good added value, especially to farmers," President Jokowi said in his press statement after reviewing the porang processing in Madiun. , Thursday (19/8). President Jokowi assessed that the development of porang has a very large value and the market is still wide open to be worked on domestically considering the high demand for porang in the export market. Porang can be processed into various derivative products ...