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Indonesia: The government continues to promote the prestige of sorghum

Sorghum
Indonesia
Published Jun 23, 2022

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Currently, most Indonesians still depend on rice as a staple food source of carbohydrates. In fact, there are still several other foodstuffs that can be a source of carbohydrates such as corn and sorghum. Both of these foodstuffs have a higher protein content than rice, which is 8-11 percent. Likewise with a higher mineral content. The high potential of sorghum and corn has made President Joko Widodo interested in using sorghum seeds as an alternative provider of carbohydrates.

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My Agriculture — During his visit to a modern sorghum field in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), President Jokowi emphasized that the trial of planting sorghum was an effort to deal with the global food crisis. The crisis can happen today or in the future. The World Food Organization (FAO) continues to remind its member countries regarding the possibility of a global food crisis. Until May 2022, world food prices are still moving at the level of 145. In addition, this has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and the inflation that is sweeping the world. The Indonesian government responded to the crisis threat situation by encouraging farmers to plant corn, tubers, and sorghum which can be used as alternative food ingredients. "Hopefully we have alternative food in the context of the world food crisis. If we have excess, we have stock, that's okay. This is precisely what we want. We export and generate foreign exchange for the country," said President Jokowi as quoted from the ...
Source: Pertanianku
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