Indonesia: Supporting food self-sufficiency, government to increase Indramayu salt production

Reporter: Arif Ferdianto | Editor: Herlina Kartika Dewi KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. People's salt production in Indramayu, West Java, has the potential to be developed to support the achievement of food self-sufficiency targets in 2027. "We can increase production here next year. I already have data of approximately 3,000 hectares (potential)," said Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono while reviewing the National Salt Warehouse in Krangkeng District, Indramayu Regency, Thursday (12/26). Trenggono explained that Indramayu Regency is one of the salt producing locations in West Java besides Karawang, Cirebon, and Pangandaran Regencies. Indramayu's salt production is spread across 4 districts, namely Krangkeng, Losarang, Kandanghaur, and Patrol. "The area of productive salt land in Indramayu Regency is currently 1,445 hectares with a total production reaching 135,891 tons or an average production of around 94 tons/hectare," he explained. He said that the ...