Fruit is a commodity that has good market opportunities. Not only the local market, but also in foreign countries. Unfortunately, domestic fruit production has not been able to meet domestic needs. The government also continues to encourage the increase in domestic fruit production. Moreover, there are many exotic fruits of the archipelago and not much developed abroad. For example, salak and mangosteen are the prima donna of Indonesian export fruits.
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TABLOIDSINARTANI.COM, Jakarta--- Director of Fruits and Floriculture, Directorate General of Horticulture, Liferdi Lukman said, from the data, domestic fruit production continues to increase, but has not been able to meet the needs. Fruit production is currently around 26.5 million tons, an increase of 6-7 percent per year. "The production side has increased, but has not been able to meet domestic needs," said Liferdi during the Bimtek Webinar; Fresh Fruits from the Yard to Agrotourism organized by the Sinar Tani Tabloid in Jakarta, Wednesday (5/10). Although it is not sufficient for domestic needs, according to Liferdi, several Indonesian fruits have penetrated the export market. The potential for production of mangosteen is around 300 thousand tons, mango 2.8 million tons, durian 1.35 million tons, bananas 8.7 million tons and pineapple 2.88 million tons. "This is a potential fruit that we can export. But if we look at the production of 26 million tons of fruit and exports of ...
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