Indonesia: Support national economic recovery with soybean development

Published 2021년 7월 28일

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The Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (Balitbangtan) in Indonesia is implementing the 2021 PEN program through the Research Institute for Various Nuts and Tubers Plants (Balitkabi) to aid national economic recovery, particularly for soybean farmers. This initiative includes developing new superior soybean varieties and cultivation technology across two locations in East Java, covering 70 hectares. The project aims to produce main seeds of the Dega 1 variety in collaboration with a cooperative and introduce new high-yielding soybean varieties in Pasuruan Regency. The program also receives support from 63 farmers in Pandaan Regency, who will cultivate new soybean varieties and receive assistance with seeds, fertilizers, and other resources. The harvest will be returned to farmers or purchased by soy sauce producers.

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East Java – The Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (Balitbangtan) through the Research Institute for Various Nuts and Tubers Plants (Balitkabi) has played a role in the national economic recovery (PEN). The 2021 PEN program in Balitkabi is aimed at the economic recovery of soybean farmers. Launching from the official Balitkabi website, the activities carried out were in the form of developing cultivation technology and new superior varieties (VUB) of soybeans covering an area of 70 ha in two soybean center locations, namely Banyuwangi Regency and Pasuruan Regency, East Java. The development of large seed soybean cultivation technology in Purwoagung Village, Tegaldlimo District, Banyuwangi Regency involved 54 cooperative farmers covering an area of 37.5 ha. The first planting was carried out in early July 2021 with a demonstration plot of 2.5 ha being used as an area to introduce large-seed soybean varieties, namely Dega 1, Devon, Denasa 1, Denasa 2, and Detap 1, ...

Source: Litbang