Minister Of Agriculture Asked Jokowi To Pay Attention To Coffee, Land Productivity Needs To Becut Up To 8-9 Tons
LAMPUNG - President Joko Widodo requested that the productivity of coffee lands in Indonesia per hectare can continue to increase."This morning I harvested coffee with coffee farmers in West Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, and we have 1.2 million hectares of coffee land, be it robust or Arabica throughout Indonesia," said Jokowi during a visit to a coffee area in Kembahang Village, Batu Brak, West Lampung, quoted from Antara, Friday, July 12.He also requested that coffee land in Indonesia could increase productivity again per hectare."This is what I conveyed to the Minister of Agriculture earlier, in order to pay attention to coffee. What is important is that productivity per hectare must increase, currently there is a lot of productivity, one hectare is only 1-2 tons, this must be able to enter 8-9 tons because other countries can reach that number," he said.He explained that West Lampung Regency is one of the areas with the largest coffee land with an area of 60 thousand hectares, consisting of 90 percent of which is robusta coffee and 10 percent of Arabica coffee and is also expected to be able to increase land productivity."This is indeed our common task to increase the productivity of coffee land per hectare drastically, and this can happen if there are a number of things that are considered," he said.He continued a number of things that need to be considered to increase the productivity of coffee lands, namely by preparing good equipment, fertilizers are well available.Then the distance of planting between coffee plants can be tighter so that productivity per hectare can increase and the welfare of coffee farmers can increase."This must be increased because as we know the price of coffee continues to rise now, although sometimes it falls. But every year it always increases and the volume of export demand continues to increase," he added.
It was discovered after a working visit to South Lampung and North Lampung Regencies on Thursday, July 11.President Jokowi continued his journey today to West Lampung Regency and Tanggamus, where in West Lampung the President took the time to be present to harvest with robust coffee farmers in Kembahang Village, Batu Brak District, West Lampung Regency.