Ministry of Agriculture Increases Cassava Production as Alternative Local Food During the Covid-19 Pandemic

WartaTani.co - Local food development is one of the programs being echoed by the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo as an effort to diversify food amid the Covid Pandemic 19. Several types of local food commodities are the mainstay to be developed at this time such as cassava, cassava, taro, canna, porang, sago and others. Like cassava, according to the Director General of Food Crops Kelvin, this commodity deserves more attention because it has good prospects. Cassava is easy to cultivate, does not require specific land and can even be planted in the yard of the house. "Let's start using the existing land, one of which is by planting this cassava," said Kelvin in Jakarta, Wednesday (06/03/2020). It should be noted that the area of cassava harvest in Indonesia in 2019 is 0.63 million hectares with a production of 16.35 million tons. Commonly used varieties Adira 1, 2, 4, UJ 3, 5, Malang 1, 2,4,6, Darul Hidayah, UK R&D 2. Wood cassava is found in large-scale development in ...