Nusron Wahid Prepares 1 Million Ha Lands To Plant Etanol Raw Materials

JAKARTA - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid admitted that he had prepared 1 million hectares (ha) of land to be used as a location for planting bioethenol raw materials.

Of the 1 million hectare (ha) plan, continued Nusron, there are still around 80,000 hectares of undetermined land. Meanwhile, another 920,000 hectares have been mapped and waiting for the verification of the Minister of Agriculture Amran.

"It's just a matter of verification by the Ministry of Agriculture whether it's suitable or not, which (around) 100,000 (ha) I'm still looking for, PR is no longer looking for it," he said at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 11.

In detail, 680,000 ha were taken from the unextended land of ex-business rights (HGU). Meanwhile, another 240,000 ha came from abandoned land that had been determined.

Send it there. To plant (raw materials) ethanol, the remaining 680 (one thousand ha) plus 240 (one thousand ha) is only 920 (one thousand ha) right, less than 80.000 (ha). Again I don't think this is looking for. Where else, I'm still thinking, "he said.

Nusron said all the land that had been prepared was spread across 18 to 19 provinces in Indonesia. Starting from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi to Papua.

"It's spread across 18 provinces or 19 provinces. No (only in Papua), there are Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi also exist. West Java is there, East Java is also there," he explained.