TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) Professor Dwi Andreas Santosa reminded the administration of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi to be careful in encouraging the cultivation of tubers. person. Because, if production is abundant without being matched by demand, the price of Porang could fall and harm farmers.
"Berkali-kali saya sampaikan ke media, hati-hati," kata Andreas saat dihubungi di Jakarta, Minggu, 22 Agustus 2021.
Bagi Andreas, sebuah kebijakan tidak boleh hanya dibuat berdasarkan komoditas yang lagi demam atau booming semata.
Kamis, 19 Agustus 2021, Jokowi datang ke pabrik pengolahan Porang, PT Asian Prima Konjac, di Madiun, Jawa Timur. Di sana, Jokowi menyebut Porang bisa menjadi pengganti beras yang lebih sehat karena kadar gulanya sangat rendah.
“I think this will be a healthy food in the future,” said Jokowi in a written statement from the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan). on Thursday, August 19, 2021.
Apart from Jokowi, his assistant ministers have promoted Porang several times. “I hope everyone in the world knows that Porang is originally from Indonesia,” said the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo on the same day.
Then, there was the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy who witnessed firsthand the Porang harvest in Madiun. “This Porang is very promising and we must really monitor it in diversification,” he said on June 17, 2021.
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