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Encouraging Cassava Exports, Solution to Increase Farmer's Income

Published Jun 23, 2020

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUKABUMI - The development of the agricultural sector is one of the mainstays in improving the welfare of the people of Indonesia. Not only rice, but Indonesia's agricultural sector production is also quite diverse. One of them is the potential for the development of sweet potato food plants.

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At the beginning of 2020, its existence came out with the presence of the Indonesian Sweet Potato Farmers Agribusiness Association (Asapuji) in March 2020. Agricultural practitioner Ahmed Joe Hara was elected chairman and began to move to intensify sweet potatoes as a solution to increase farmers' incomes because they have great export-oriented potential. "Efforts to promote the government must be increased in encouraging citizens that sweet potatoes can be an alternative food besides rice," Asapuji Chairman Ahmed Joe Hara told Republika in Sukabumi, Wednesday (6/17). This is to increase the interest of people in consuming consumption food made from sweet potatoes. Ahmed Joe Hara said that Koreans recognized sweet potatoes earlier than Indonesia since the Xth century. They considered sweet potatoes to be rich in vitamins and nutritious for youth. This information was obtained because of the experience of working with Koreans at the time of developing a cassava processing plant, ...
Source: Republika
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