Indonesia: Boosting local food production such as sorghum can help cut import reliance
Sorghum
Indonesia
Published Aug 12, 2022
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Japan and Korea are strong because they consume their own production. Do not buy other countries' products but buy our own farmers' products. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Strengthening the production of local food crops, such as sorghum, could help cut Indonesia's dependence on imported foods, the Director General of Food Crops at the Ministry of Agriculture, Suwandi, has said.
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There are two ways to handle the global food crisis: strengthening the production capacity of local food crops and diversifying the production and consumption of local food crops. "Japan and Korea are strong because they consume their own production. Don't buy other countries' products but buy our own farmers' products," he emphasized in a statement issued in Jakarta on Thursday. Indonesia currently on imports of wheat, which is processed into noodles and bread that serve as alternatives to the main staple—rice. Several local food crops have the potential to become wheat substitutes, including cassava, sorghum, sago, sweet potato, taro, and others, Suwandi said. The ministry is intensifying the expansion of sorghum production since it has the closest resemblance to wheat, he informed. In addition, sorghum can be easily cultivated on infertility land. "The advantage of sorghum is that once planted, it can be squeezed twice. It can be harvested three times a year ...
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