The Agriculture Ministry has raised the target for national dry unhusked rice production for 2022 to 55.20 million tons from 54.65 million tons in 2020, a senior official has informed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe target of our main commodity production is 55.20 million tons for (dry unhusked) rice, 20 million tons for corn, and 20 million tons for soybean,\u201d secretary general of the Agriculture Ministry, Kasdi Subagyono, said at a hearing with Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) at the Parliament Building in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The ministry has also set the production target for other commodities: cacao at 780 thousand tons, onion at 1.64 million tons, coffee at 795.45 thousand tons, chili at 2.87 million tons, sugar at 2.3 million tons, garlic at 91 thousand tons, coconut at 2.86 million tons, and beef at 0.44 million tons, he informed.<\/p>\n
Compared to 2020, the target of dry unhusked rice production in 2022 has only increased slightly, Subagyono noted. According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Indonesia\u2019s dry unhusked rice production stood at 54.65 million tons, or equal to 31.33 million tons of rice, in 2020, he said.<\/p>\n
To achieve the 2022 target,\u00a0<\/strong>the Agriculture Ministry will allocate Rp14.451 trillion from its budget, comprising Rp6.49 trillion for quality food stock and consumption program, Rp1.73 trillion for industrial added value and competitiveness program, Rp356 billion for scientific and technological research and innovation program, Rp770 billion for vocational education and training program, and Rp5.09 trillion for management support program, he said.<\/p>\n Subagyono said the ministry\u2019s priority programs include improving quality of food stocks, access and consumption, and increasing added value, job opportunities, and investment in the real sector and industrialization.<\/p>\n \u201cIn principle, when it comes to commodities, we will focus on developing rice, corn, and local food crops,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The Agriculture Ministry is also focusing on strengthening seed systems for food crops, horticulture, and husbandry, in addition to increasing vegetable, plantation commodity, and food crop production, he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Antara News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"