Indonesia: Minister of Agriculture encourages sugar production in Papua

게시됨 2024년 4월 18일

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Indonesia is embarking on a major agricultural project led by Minister of Agriculture, Andi Amran Sulaiman, aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in sugar production and reducing import dependency. The initiative focuses on the development of a 500,000-hectare sugar cane plantation coupled with a large-scale sugar factory in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province. This project, which is under the direct supervision of President Joko Widodo, is expected to fulfill the domestic sugar demand, enhance farmers' welfare, and conserve foreign exchange. It represents a critical move towards modernizing agriculture and ensuring food security in the country.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman is encouraging sugar production in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province, to supply national needs, while reducing imports. "Today we are in the national strategic project area for sugar cane, we plan to build 500 thousand hectares and this will later be able to reduce imports of white sugar, raw sugar, and so on," said Minister of Agriculture Amran in Tanah Miring District, South Papua, Wednesday (17 /4/2024). Amran reviewed sugar cane planting in Merauke Regency as a national strategic project in reducing the fairly large burden of sugar imports. The plan is that the sugar cane plantation will be integrated with a large-scale sugar factory to meet domestic needs. The Minister of Agriculture said the project was a permanent solution in improving farmers' welfare because in the future Indonesia would not need to depend on import policies. Apart from that, domestic production will increase as more ...

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