"Empower the farmers with access to capital, technology innovation, and guidance. I have already spoken with many bank executive directors to give farm (sector) special attention, because this is a chance," he said from the Presidential Palace in Bogor.
Many Indonesian agricultural commodities have the potential to become superior export products, he noted. Porang, for example, already has a large export market, but requires processing to create value-added products, he said.
This is in accordance with the government's program to promote the downstream mining policy, President Jokowi said.
“There is a big market we can penetrate, but also that the exports should not be raw, especially in tubers. At least (they should be) in chopped form, or possibly in the form of finished products, or finished porang rice. Our target is downstream mining policy," he elaborated.
The President also urged regional administrations to develop export-oriented agricultural centers.
On Saturday, President Jokowi also released agricultural commodities from 17 export gates located at airports and ports in Indonesia from the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java.
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Source : Antaranews
Reporter: Indra Arief P, Mecca Yumna
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
Original published date: 14 August, 2021
August 20, 2021
