Jokowi reviews quarantine installation for 1.9 Million sugarcane seedlings in Merauke, Indonesia

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MERAUKE -- President Joko Widodo inspects the plant quarantine installation of 1.9 million sugarcane seeds from Australia in Sermayam, Tanah Miring District, Merauke Regency, South Papua Province on Tuesday, July 23 2024. Head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin ) Sahat M Panggabean who accompanied him explained to the president that quarantine measures for sugar cane seeds from Australia were carried out strictly from pre-border, at-border to post-border. "In accordance with the President's direction, quarantine mitigates risks to seeds from Australia, so that their use can be optimal and do not pose a danger to local plants in Papua in particular," said Sahat to the media shortly after accompanying the president's working visit. According to Sahat, before the seeds in the form of tissue culture entered Merauke, South Papua, quarantine officers had carried out a risk analysis study and carried out an assessment at the place of origin (pre-border). This ...