Sorghum becomes a food source to replace rice in Indonesia

Published 2022년 6월 16일

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President Joko Widodo of Indonesia is encouraging the community to plant crops like sorghum to avert a potential food crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war. Sorghum, which was cultivated in Indonesia since 1970 across regions like Java, South Sulawesi, and East Nusa Tenggara, is a versatile plant with various uses such as food, animal feed, and industrial raw materials. It is also a good source of niacin, thiamin, vitamin B6, iron, and manganese, and is gluten-free. The Ministry of Agriculture is planning to develop 5,000 hectares of sorghum, highlighting its suitability for hot and dry areas. Indonesia does not currently rank among the top sorghum-producing countries, with the United States, Nigeria, Sudan, and Mexico being the leading producers.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has repeatedly mentioned the threat of a food crisis. The domino effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war. Therefore, during his working visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Central Java last week, Jokowi invited the community to plant crops that produce staple food. Starting from rice, corn, sorghum, even porang. "Yesterday, I went to NTT to plant sorghum, please. Because NTT is the most suitable for planting sorghum because when it comes to planting rice the water is rather difficult and the top soil is only very thin. What's right? Sorghum," said Jokowi while attending the Community Movement's harvest celebration. Social Forestry which was held at Omah Tani Field, Batang Regency, Central Java, Wednesday (8/6/2022). Citing the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), sorghum cultivation in Indonesia existed in 1970. It is recorded that there are around 15 thousand ha spread over Java, ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia