Indonesia: Garut potatoes ready to meet industrial needs

Fresh Common Potato

Indonesia

Published Apr 13, 2022

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TABLOIDSINARTANI.COM, Garut---Dodol City Garut is one of the centers for potato production. Now the harvest in the farmers is able to meet the needs of the industry. The potato harvest took place at the food estate location in Karamat Jaya Village, Cisurupan District, covering an area of 50 ha. The location has been prepared to supply industrial potato needs at a purchase price of Rp 7,650 per kilogram. “Alhamdulillah, the harvest is very good and the productivity reaches 20 tons/ha.

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In the future, we hope that production can continue to be increased so as to reduce dependence on industrial potato imports," said Head of the Garut Regency Agriculture Service, Beny Yoga Gunastika while accompanying the Director General of Horticulture, Prihasto Setyanto in Garut, some time ago. Garut Regency is listed as the number one potato producer in Indonesia. The harvested area in 2021 will reach 6,889 hectares with a production of 160,945 tons. With the support of the existing potato seed industry in Garut Regency, it is hoped that it can encourage an increase in potato production, especially industrial potatoes. Director General of Horticulture, Prihasto Setyanto emphasized that his party continues to increase the production of horticultural commodities, especially through the food estate program. “We have made efforts to increase food production through the food estate program. The business concept has also been running, all production results are already off takers ...

Source: Tabloidsinartani