Vanilla is referred to as green treasure with a high selling price in Indonesia

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Vanilla, or Vanila planifolia, a thick fleshy plant, belongs to the Orchidaceae (Orchidaceae) tribe. This plant is often dubbed the treasure or green gold of Indonesia, because it has a very high economic value. Vanilla produces pods that are processed into vanilla powder. An ingredient that is often used as an additive in food or vanilla aroma. In the category of fostering the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), vanilla is under the Directorate of Seasonal Crops and Spices of the Directorate General of Plantations. The Research Institute for Spices and Medicinal Plants (Balitro) of the Ministry of Agriculture noted that vanilla is an export commodity that earns 95 percent of the country's foreign exchange, cultivated by smallholders. The highest vanilla export volume occurred in 2003, which was 6,363 tons. Export performance is reported to have tended to decline, mainly due to fungal attacks that cause vanilla stem rot disease. And reduce productivity by ...